Michiel Reyniersz Pauw
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Michiel Reiniersz Pauw was a director of the Dutch West India Company between 1621 and 1636. He is buried at Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam.
Unsigned painting from 1618
The greyish mansion in the middle belonged to Pauw; painting by Jan van der Heyden
Design of Herengracht 168 with lion of Saint Mark in top
Bergen, New Netherland
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Bergen was a part of the 17th century province of New Netherland, in the area in northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson and Hackensack Rivers that would become contemporary Hudson and Bergen Countie
Halve Maen on the Hudson
Bust of Henry Hudson in Jersey City Heights
Petrus Stuyvesant (c. 1660), was the only "governor" to have the title of Director-General of New Netherland.
Newkirk House, built in 1690, is the oldest structure in Jersey City.