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APPENDIX
A. THE FRAMEWORK OF CHRONOLOGY
1431. Dutch sailors re-discover and colonize the Azores.
1567. Spanish invasion of the Netherlands. Flight of
Walloons.
1577. First National Synod of the Netherlands Church.
1581. Dutch Declaration of Independence. Reward of
25,000 guilders offered for a new way to
China.
1597-1616. Dutch circumnavigations of the globe.
1602. The Dutch East India Company formed.
1609. Great Truce. Henry Hudson enters the Great
River.
1609-1614. Visits of fur-traders. Huts on Manhattan.
1614. Block's Exploration and Map. New Netherland
named. The United New Netherland Com¬
pany. Trading posts.
1621. The West India Company chartered.
1622. Jesse de Forest in Leyden enrolls emigrants for
America.
1623-1624. Walloons colonize New Netherland.
1626. Civil government. Minuit buys Manhattan.
1628. First Dutch Church. Domine Michaelius.
1630. Feudalism introduced. The Patroon system.
Colony at Rensselaerwijk begun by Nijkerk
Dutch people.
1633. Adam Roelandsen, first schoolmaster, arrives.
1633-1638. Walter van Twiller, Director-General.