Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 1-2
Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 1-2
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New Series 273. Digitized by Google J 157 Van Der Donek also gives a similar account of the visit of the Half Moon. Tba facts he had frequently heard from the Indians themselves, some of whom could remember a hi/ndred years, and he holds it as a certain proof that the Netherlanders were the first dis- coverers and possessors of New Netherland.* It is barely possible, that the Cabots in f* sweeping along the ex- tensive coasts of North America," in 1498, had a distant yiew of our Highlands. Mr. ...Q'Callaghan informs us thfit the Dutch had become familiar with the American coasts, as early as the year 1516, or when Charles the Fifth became sovereign of the Low Countries. Verrazzano, in 1524, probably entered our bay, with the boat, and ascended a little above the Narrows, when suddenly a violent wind forced him back to the ship " greatly regretting to leave this region which seemed so commodious and delightful.", He lefl without land- ing, which ficcqunts for the natives having, after the Dutch settlement, no recollection or ki^owledge of his visit.
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