New Sweden
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Gosffo
N 39° 51.659 W 075° 18.162
18S E 474109 N 4412371
This was the site of the colony established by Johan Printz in 1643!
Waymark Code: WM8JDW
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
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Marker Text: In 1643 the colony's Governor, Johan Printz, established its capital here on Tinicum Island. Earlier, in 1638, New Sweden had been founded at the site of present Wilmington. Although the colony was captured by the Dutch in 1655, many Swedish and Finnish settlers remained. This was the region's first permanent European settlement, some four decades before William Penn's 1681 founding of Pennsylvania.
Marker Name: New Sweden
County: Delaware
Date Dedicated: 04/09/1988
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Governor Printz Park, 2nd St. & Taylor Ave., Essington
Category: Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Exploration
Website: [Web Link]
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