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Coordinates:39°44′11″N75°32′21″W / 39.7364°N 75.53920°W /39.7364; -75.53920

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Site of the first colonial Swedish landing in modern Delaware, U.S.

Swedes' Landing as it appeared in the early 20th century.

Swedes' Landing is the warehouse road found along the Minquas Kill inWilmington, Delaware that is close to theDelaware River. This was the site where the initialSwedish landing took place and marks the spot where theNew Sweden colony began. The first Swedish expedition to North America, under the command ofPeter Minuit, embarked from theport of Gothenburg in late 1637. The members of the expedition, aboard the shipsFogel Grip andKalmar Nyckel, sailed intoDelaware Bay, which lay within the territory claimed by theDutch West India Company and anchored at a rocky point on Swedes' Landing on March 29, 1638. They built a fort on the site which they namedFort Christina afterQueen Christina of Sweden. Today Swedes Landing Road is a short stretch from 4th Street to 7th Street and ends at a long two-story mural depicting the area from the time before the Swedes came through the modern Wilmington waterfront. At the far end of the mural is the entrance toFort Christina National Historical Site, a part of theFirst State National Historical Park System.

References

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Johnson, AmandusThe Swedish Settlements on the Delaware Volume I: Their History and Relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664 (The Swedish Colonial Society. International Printing Company. 1911)
Shorto, RussellThe Island In The Center Of The World (Part I; Chapter 4; Page 88, Vintage. 2005)
Weslager, C. A.New Sweden on the Delaware 1638-1655 (The Middle Atlantic Press, Wilmington. 1988)

Other sources

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Jameson, J. FranklinWillem Usselinx,: Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies(G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1887)
Mickley, Joseph J.Some account of William Usselinx and Peter Minuit: Two individuals who were instrumental in establishing the first permanent colony in Delaware (The Historical Society of Delaware. 1881)

[1] " Fort Christina-Mural"