Territorial change of New Netherland

“New Netherland” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1622 to 1802. Its territory was largest in AD 1642 – 1644, at ≈ 344 thousand km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1642 – 1644 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1642: number 115 of 28.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Kingdom of France — 274 frames
• Kingdom of England — 248 frames
• Kingdom of Portugal — 134 frames
• Belgium — 86 frames
• Bima Sultanate — 83 frames
• Malacca Sultanate — 74 frames
• German Empire — 70 frames
• Bali — 68 frames
• Denmark–Norway — 64 frames
• Asante Empire — 62 frames
• Holy Roman Empire — 61 frames
• Banten Sultanate — 58 frames
• Johor Sultanate — 45 frames
• Hamengkubuwono — 37 frames
• Surakarta Sunanate — 37 frames
• Kingdom of Prussia — 36 frames
• Brazil — 35 frames
• Brandenburg–Prussia — 35 frames
• Jambi Sultanate — 34 frames
• Empire of Brazil — 31 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 6 by area.

Notes on how this country is shown

Parent state: Netherlands (colony) — drawn in a lighter shade of the parent state’s colour on the map.

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Province of New York · Delaware Colony · Province of New Jersey

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw Nederland) was a colony of the Dutch Republic located on the East Coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod.

Wikipedia (English) “New Netherland”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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