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Cornelius Hendrickson was a Dutch mariner and explorer who charted the North American coastline near present-day New Jersey.
In November 1613, Dutch fur trader Adrian Block was preparing to return to Holland with a cargo of furs when his ship, the , caught fire and was destroyed while moored in the North River near the tip of Manhattan Island. Over the winter, Block and his crew built the (Restless), which he used to explore the East River and Long Island Sound. The ''Onrust'' was long with a capacity of 16 tons. Later that year, Block rendezvoused with
Early life
Cornelius Hendrickson was born around 1572, the son of Lambert Barrentje Hendrickson, an admiral in the Dutch Navy. Nicknamed "Pretty Lambert", the admiral was a friend and associate of Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk, and commanded ''De Tijger'' in the Battle of Gibraltar of April 1607.''Onrust''
In November 1613, Dutch fur trader Adrian Block was preparing to return to Holland with a cargo of furs when his ship, the , caught fire and was destroyed while moored in the North River near the tip of Manhattan Island. Over the winter, Block and his crew built the (Restless), which he used to explore the East River and Long Island Sound. The ''Onrust'' was long with a capacity of 16 tons. Later that year, Block rendezvoused with Hendrick Christiaensen
Hendrick Christiaensen was a Dutch explorer who was involved in the earlier exploration of what became the colony of New Netherland.
Life
Hendrick Christiaensen was a ship captain and trader employed by the Van Tweenhuysen Company of Amsterdam.
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off Cape Cod. Before boarding the ''Fortuyn'' to return to the Netherlands, Block turned the ''Onrust'' over to Hendrickson.
In 1614, Hendrickson navigated the ''Onrust'', through Barnegat Inlet
Barnegat Inlet is a small inlet connecting the Barnegat Bay with the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean County, New Jersey. It separates Island Beach State Park and the Barnegat Peninsula from Long Beach Island. The Barnegat Lighthouse sits at the northern ...
to the Toms River, which he charted, along with Barnegat Bay, and Great Bay to the south.
In mid-to-late 1615, Hendrickson sailed into Godins Bay (Delaware Bay) and up the Zuyd Rivier (South River) to the Schuylkill River
The Schuylkill River ( , ) is a river in eastern Pennsylvania. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map(). accessed April 1, 2011. from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Pottsville ...
, searching for a site to establish a trading post for the Dutch West India Company. Hendricksz's voyage was made aboard the ''IJseren Vercken'' (Iron Hog), a vessel built in America.
During the winter of 1614–1615, some Dutch sailors remained at Fort Nassau to engage in the fur trade. Interested in the benefit of Dutch firearms, the Mohawk persuaded three to accompany them on a raid against the Susquehannocks. That spring the sailors were captured by the Susquehannocks who brought them south. In the course of his explorations Hendrickson he met a band of Susquehannock
The Susquehannock, also known as the Conestoga, Minquas, and Andaste, were an Iroquoian Peoples, Iroquoian people who lived in the lower Susquehanna River watershed in what is now Pennsylvania. Their name means “people of the muddy river.”
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(Minquas) and ransomed the three for kettles, beads, and trade goods. In 1616, in Amsterdam, he filed the first definitive map of the New Jersey coastline.
He died in 1650, in Utrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendrickson, Cornelius 17th-century Dutch explorers 1570s births 1650 deaths Dutch explorers of North America People from New Netherland