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The Living History Society of Delaware Inc in Dover, Delaware (De)
Detailed information about the early explorers of the present State of Delaware. Includes information on many of the early explorers and pictures.
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Etc: New Sweden and New Netherland, 1614 1664
A map of the area from the Delaware Bay to the Connecticut River showing the territory claimed by the Dutch as New Netherlands (1614-1664) and the territory around the Delaware Bay and Delaware River claimed by Sweden as New Sweden...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Sweden, 1638 1655
A map of New Sweden (1638-1655) from an article by Gregory Keen (1878) showing Cape May and Cape Henlopen, the Delaware Bay and the Delaware River (New Sweden River) north to Trenton, New Jersey, including Philadelphia and Bristol. The...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North American Colonies, 1643
A map of the North American Colonies in 1643 at the establishment of the New England Confederation. The map is color-coded to show the territorial claims of the British, French, Dutch, and Swedish at the time, and shows the British...
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Etc: European Colonization in North America, 1500 1700
A map of North America showing the European colonization in the region up to the year 1700. The map is color-coded to show the possessions of the British, French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish. The map shows the territory in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jenny Lind
(1821-1887) "Swedish Nightingale" Swedish singer.
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Uppsala Astronomical Observatory: Planetary Imaging
Images of Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter by the Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Siege of Christina Fort, 1655
A facsimile of the plan of Fort Christina at the confluence of Brandywine Creek and Christina Creek near the Delaware River (beyond right margin of map) during the siege by the Dutch in 1655. The Swedish fort was a primary objective of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Dutch and Neighboring Settlements, 1600s
A map of New Netherlands in the 1600's showing New Amsterdam and Dutch Fort (Albany) established in 1623, the English Settlements on the Connecticut River (Hartford) and the New Haven Colony, and the southern Dutch and Swedish...
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Unesco: Sweden: Engelsberg Ironworks
Sweden's production of superior grades of iron made it a leader in this field in the 17th and 18th centuries. This site is the best-preserved and most complete example of this type of Swedish ironworks.
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Unesco: Germany: Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Delaware: Holy Trinity Church
Oldest surviving church from New Sweden, hosted services in Swedish from 1698 well into the 1800s.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Bishop Hill Colony
Historic district of Swedish dissident commune founded in 1846.
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Wikipedia: Featured Image: Landsort Lighthouse
Landsort Lighthouse (view from east), Stockholm archipelago's most southern point. During the Cold War and World War II was Landsort a military base for the Swedish coastal artillery.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Adolf Erik Nordenskjold
A Swedish naturalist and explorer, born in Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 18, 1832; died Aug. 12, 1901. He was an explorer of the polar seas.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Axel Fersen
Count Hans Axel von Fersen (September 4, 1755 - June 20, 1810) was a Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Bjornstjerna Magnus Frederick Ferdinand, a Swedish statesman and writer.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christine Nilsson
A Swedish operatic soprano.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fredrika Bremer
(1801-1865) Fredrika was a Swedish writer and feminist activist.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gustave V
Swedish king who fought to keep Sweden neutral during World War I.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gustavus Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus in Germany. Gustavus Adolphus entered Germany at the head of 16,000 men. Among some of the Protestants there was a reluctance to cooperate with this new ally; for they distrusted his motives, especially in regard to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jenny Lind
Born in Stockholm, she was noted for her singing voice from a very young age. When she was nine years old, her singing was overheard by a passerby, who the next day came with a music master and paid who had charge of Lind to give her up....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Adolph Dahlgren
Rear Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, USN, (November 13, 1809 - July 12, 1870) merchant and Swedish Consul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made his career in the United States Navy.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Ericcson
John Ericsson was born in Sweden, July 31, 1803. He early showed great inventive skill and was employed as an engineer in the Swedish service. He resigned in 1826 and went to England to introduce an engine he had invented. In 1829 he won...
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