A Swedish colony in what is now the USA
The failed colony that lasted 17 years
Most people might have heard how the Dutch bought Manhattan from the Native Americans and then started the settlement called New Amsterdam, today New York City.
The man who bought Manhattan was Peter Minuit. The same guy helped the Swedes get a colony in 1638 called New Sweden.
The Spanish, as is well known, had already started several different colonies …
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