Adriaen Courtsen Block (c. 1567 – 27 April 1627) was a Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain who is best known for exploring the coastal...

island is named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, and the town was named for Shoreham, Kent, in England. Block Island is a popular summer tourist destination...

settlement of New Amsterdam. In the early spring of 1613, fur trader Adriaen Block complained bitterly that a competitor, Thijs Volckenz Mossel, commander...

Adriaen Maertensz Block (c.1582, Gouda – 7 March 1661, Lisse) was successively captain, commander, and governor of Ambon between 1614 and 1617, administrator...

Adriaen is a Dutch form of Adrian. Notable people with the name include: Adriaen Banckert (1615–1684), Dutch admiral Adriaen Block (1567–1627), Dutch private...

is used in a legal document as late as 1646. One theory states that Adriaen Block passed by Aquidneck Island during his 1614 expedition, describing it...

region for potential trading opportunities. Dutch explorer and merchant Adriaen Block led voyages there between 1611 and 1614, which led the Dutch to determine...

pronunciation: [ˈtɛiɣər]; English: Tiger) was the ship used by the Dutch captain Adriaen Block during his 1613 voyage to explore the East Coast of North America and...

Paugusetts. The first European explorer in Connecticut was Dutchman Adriaen Block, who explored the region in 1614. Dutch fur traders then sailed up the...

Algonquian-speaking tribe who lived in the area. In 1614, Dutch explorer Adriaen Block encountered the tribe at Montauk Point, which he named Hoeck van de...

Block is a German, Dutch and English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adam Block (disambiguation), list of multiple people Adriaen Block...

captained by Jan Cornelisz Mey and Symon Willemsz Cat respectively. Adriaen Block, Hendrick Christiaensen, and Cornelius Jacobsen Mey explored, surveyed...

among the English, French, and Dutch colonists. In 1614, Dutch explorer Adriaen Block traveled along the coast of Long Island Sound and then up the Connecticut...

Pequot Nation. It was probably first seen by Europeans in 1614 when Adriaen Block, a Dutchman employed by the Dutch West India Company, charted the area...

used for its medicinal properties and for perfumes. The expeditions by Adriaen Block and Hendrick Christiaensen in 1611, 1612, 1613 and 1614, resulted in...

originally applied to the entirety of the East River, by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, the first European known to have navigated the strait, who bestowed...

English. One source states that the islands were named by navigator Adriaen Block. By the late 1600s the islands were owned by the British who occupied...

Heemskerck, naval hero Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, composer and organist Adriaen Block, trader and explorer Catharina Questiers, poet and dramatist Jacob de...

spelling Adriaen was also common, and people used the spelling interchangeably. Adriaen Backer (1635–1684), Dutch portrait painter Adriaen Cornelisz...

based on mistakes in translation and location. But, the Dutch colonist Adriaen Block, one of the first Europeans to record the names of both tribes, clearly...

region for potential trading opportunities. Dutch explorer and merchant Adriaen Block led a voyage up the lower Hudson River, the East River, and out into...

the colonists who settled the area assumed that it was this island. Adriaen Block passed by the island during his expeditions in the 1610s, and described...

Connecticut. The island was called Munnawtawkit by the Pequot Indians. Adriaen Block was the first recorded European visitor, and he named it Vischer's Island...

inhabitants of the United Netherlands to the aforesaid search." In 1614, Adriaen Block led an expedition to the lower Hudson River in the Tyger, and then explored...

summer months. European discovery of the island occurred in 1614 when Adriaen Block sailed through and mapped Long Island Sound. The island appears on his...

"even by a large army". Dutch navigator Adriaen Block explored and mapped the bay in 1614, and nearby Block Island is named in his honor. The first permanent...

Kurdistan, Turkey, Morocco John Blashford-Snell English 20th/21st various Adriaen Block Dutch 17th East Coast of the United States Nellie Bly American 19th/20th...

region for potential trading opportunities. Dutch explorer and merchant Adriaen Block led a voyage up the lower Hudson River, the East River, and out into...

first Europeans known to have explored the area were the Dutch under Adriaen Block, who sailed up the Connecticut in 1614. Dutch fur traders from New Amsterdam...

pronunciation: [ˈɔnrʏst]; English: Restless) was a Dutch ship built by Adriaen Block and the crew of the Tyger, which had been destroyed by fire in the winter...