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| Book cover | Autor | Title | Description |
| Bild | Autor | Leer | Beschreibung |
| Date | Event | Tribe | Chief |
Spring 1614  | Hendrick Christiansen reached the area of today's Albany (New York) with the ship 'Fortune' and built a trading post on the Hudson River called Fort Nassau. The fort was manned by ten to twelve men and equipped with two cannons and eleven swivel guns from the 'Fortune'. After the fort was completed, Christiansen left the fort and handed over command to Jacob Eelkins. Shortly afterwards, Christiansen was murdered by Indians. The Dutch thus competed with the fur trade on the St. Lawrence River. Trade in the north was mainly carried out by water. The very light birch bark canoe of the Algonquin Indians could transport large loads quickly over long distances via the river and sea routes to the Mississippi and back to the French. The Iroquois in the east of the USA, on the other hand, did not know this canoe, as birch trees did not grow in the east of the USA. In addition, the pelts in the north of the map were denser and more valuable than the pelts south and east of the Great Lakes. Fort Nassau I (1614-1618) was the first Dutch settlement in North America. In 1617, the fort was destroyed by a flood and rebuilt further south at the mouth of Norman Kill Creek.    | Algonquin Iroquois | - |
| 1617 | After the destruction of Fort Nassau I by a flood, the fort was rebuilt further south at the mouth of Normans Kill Creek. However, just one year later, the fort was again destroyed by a flood and abandoned. | - | - |