Zwaanendael Colony

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New Netherland series
Colonies:
New Amsterdam New Haarlem Noortwyck Beverwyck Wiltwyck Vlissingen Middelburgh Heemstede Rustdorp	Gravesende Breuckelen New Amersfoort Midwout New Utrecht Boswyck Swaanendael New Amstel Altena
Fortresses:
Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau (North) Fort Orange Fort Nassau (South) Fort Goede Hoop	Fort Casimir Fort Altena Fort Wilhelmus Fort Beversreede Fort Nya Korsholm
The Patroon System Rensselaerwyck Colen Donck (Yonkers, New York)
Directors-General of New Netherland: Cornelius Jacobsen Mey (1620-1625) Willem Verhulst (1625-26) Peter Minuit (1626-33) Wouter van Twiller (1633-38) Willem Kieft (1638-47) Peter Stuyvesant (1647-64)
Influential people Adriaen van der Donck Kiliaen van Rensselaer Brant van Slichtenhorst Cornelis van Tienhoven
Councils Council of twelve men Council of eight men

Zwaanendael or Swaanendael was a Dutch colonial settlement in Delaware. It was built in 1631. The name is archaic Dutch spelling for "swan valley". The site of the settlement later became the town of Lewes, Delaware.

[edit] References

• America's Historylands: Landmarks of Liberty, National Geographic Press, 1967
• Delaware: A Guide To The First State, ed. Jeanette Eckman, Hastings House Press; New York, 1955
• http://www.destatemuseums.org/zwa/^{[broken citation]}