acadia adriaen block africa americas anegada arctic aruba asia atlantic world barbados belgium berbice block island block island sound bonaire british colonization of the americas canada cape colony chile courland colonization of the americas danish colonization of the americas decolonization of the americas delaware river demerara duke of york dutch brazil dutch east india company dutch east indies dutch empire dutch gold coast dutch india dutch republic dutch west india company east river england essequibo essequibo river fort albany fort casimir fort christina fort hoop fort nassau fort orange france french guiana french colonization of the americas german colonization of the americas germany gold guyana hell gate hendrik brouwer henry hudson history of guyana history of the americas history of the british virgin islands house of orange-nassau hudson river huguenot indies james ii of england johan de witt john rhoades jurriaen aernoutsz kharg island kingdom of the netherlands lisbon malacca manhattan mauritius napoleonic wars netherlands netherlands antilles netherlands new guinea new amsterdam new france new netherland new sweden new york new york city norse colonization of the americas oceania onrust peter minuit peter stuyvesant philadelphia portuguese colonization of the americas recife russian colonization of the americas saba scottish colonization of the americas second anglo-dutch war second battle of guararapes sint eustatius sint maarten slavery smeerenburg spain spanish colonization of the americas sugar suriname suriname river sweden swedish colonization of the americas third anglo-dutch war tobago tortola treaties of nijmegen treaty of breda united states upper new york bay virgin gorda