A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . Nahant. 360 DUTCH EXPEDITIONS TO NORTH AMERICA. [Chap. Block Island. Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket the Dutch named Texel and Vie-land ; the waters surrounding them the Zuyder Zee ; the island whichstill bears Blocks name, northeast of Montauk Point, they called Visschers Hoeck. Meeting Hendrick Christaensens ship, the For-tune^ which had
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . Nahant. 360 DUTCH EXPEDITIONS TO NORTH AMERICA. [Chap. Block Island. Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket the Dutch named Texel and Vie-land ; the waters surrounding them the Zuyder Zee ; the island whichstill bears Blocks name, northeast of Montauk Point, they called Visschers Hoeck. Meeting Hendrick Christaensens ship, the For-tune^ which had been sentto Cape Cod Bay perhapsto take him on board,Block transferred theRestless to another skip-per, Cornells Hendricksen,and sailed in the other ves-sel to Holland, adding hisreport to the list of explo-rations which revealed theextent and wealth of thenew country. May had seen Vis-schers Hoeck even be-fore Block, and had vis-ited the coast of Marthas Vineyard. But his name is perpetuatedfarther south, in the Cape May of Southern New Jersey ; thoughNew York bay was for many years called, in his honor, Port May. It was now four years since Henry Hudsons crew had returned toAmsterdam, and the trade with the Mauritius Biver had aroused sobrisk a competition as to alarm the few merchants who had been the
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