Beverwijck

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Beverwijck was the 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement in present-day Albany, New York, that served as an important fur-trading and administrative center in New Netherland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial settlement
former populated place
afterConquestName Albany
appliesToJurisdiction territory around Fort Orange
causeOfDisestablishment English conquest of New Netherland
colonialPower Dutch West India Company
country Dutch Republic
disestablished 1664
late 17th century
economyBasedOn exchange of European goods for furs
etymology Dutch words meaning "beaver district" or "beaver area"
followedBy Albany
surface form: "Albany, New York"
foundedBy Dutch colonists
officials of New Netherland
governedBy Beverwijck
surface form: "court of Beverwijck"
governedFrom Fort Orange
hasLegalSystem Dutch law
hasMunicipalInstitution Dutch Reformed Church
surface form: "Dutch Reformed congregation"

local court of justice
hasNotableFeature grid of streets around Fort Orange
houses and warehouses of Dutch merchants
hasRole administrative center
fur-trading center
historicalSignificance major inland trading post of New Netherland
precursor to the city of Albany
inception 1640s
circa 1647
languageUsed Dutch
locatedIn New Netherland
present-day Albany, New York
locatedInPresentDay U.S. state of New York
surface form: "State of New York"

United States of America
surface form: "United States"
locatedNear Fort Orange
locatedOn west bank of the Hudson River
namedAfter Bever (Dutch for beaver)
partOf New Netherland
surface form: "New Netherland colony"
partOfTradeNetwork Atlantic fur trade
populationType Dutch settlers
Indigenous visitors and traders
enslaved Africans
other European traders
precededBy Fort Orange
surface form: "Fort Orange trading community"
primaryEconomicActivity fur trade
trade with Indigenous peoples
religion Dutch Reformed Church
replacedBy Albany
surface form: "Albany, New York"
timePeriod 17th century
tradedWith Mahican
Mohawk

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albany formerName Beverwijck
Beverwijck governedBy Beverwijck
this entity surface form: "court of Beverwijck"
Fort Orange nearbySettlement Beverwijck

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