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Johan Printz
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Carrie Hogan on Johan Printz, A Lost World ( ) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment, Gov. Printz Park / New Sweden - First Pennsylvania Settlement - Tinicum ...
America’s Forgotten Swedish Colony - HISTORY
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For nearly 20 years in the 17th century, Sweden had a little-known colony that spanned parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Brief History of New Sweden in America
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New Sweden rose to its greatest heights during the governorship of Johan Printz ( ). He extended settlement northward from Fort Christina along both sides of the Delaware River and improved the colony's military and commercial prospects by building Fort Elfsborg, near present-day Salem on the New Jersey side of the river, to seal the Delaware against English and Dutch ships.
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