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New Netherland
New Netherland
(
Dutch
:
Nieuw-Nederland
,
Latin
:
Nova Belgica
or
Novum Belgium
) was a 17th-century
colonial province
of the
Seven United Netherlands
that was located on the
East Coast
of
North America
. The claimed territories extended from the
Delmarva Peninsula
to extreme southwestern
Cape Cod
, while the more limited settled areas are now part of the
Mid-Atlantic States
of
New York
,
New Jersey
,
Delaware
, and
Connecticut
, with small outposts in
Pennsylvania
and
Rhode Island
.
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