When the Dutch first made a landfall here in 1609, then, and we learned from the natives that they were the first Christians and discoverers, they took possession of the land in the name and on behalf of their excellencies the States General of the United Netherlands, first on the South Bay at Cape Henlopen, which is the name they gave to it and which it still bears. They then sailed up the coast, naming the places on the rivers, as far as the great North River, which they ascended quite far. The English prefer to call it the Hudson River, but the Dutch at that time named it the Mauritius River after Prince Maurits, the then governor of the Netherlands. From there they sailed on past Cape Cod, of which they also took possession, naming it New Holland. Adriaen Van Der Donck, A Description of New Netherland
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