Swedes' Landing

Swedes' Landing is the warehouse road found along the Minquas Kill in

. 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 to Fort Christina National Historical Site, a part of the First State National Historical Park System.

References

• Johnson, Amandus The 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, Russell The 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

• Jameson, J. Franklin Willem 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"

External links

• "The Landing of the Swedes" (New Sweden Centre. Wilmington, Delaware)

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