Establishment of New Sweden Colony

Timeline

1. 1637–1638Gothenburg harbor · SwedenTwo sailing ships, the Kalmar Nyckel and the Vogel Grip, commanded by Peter Minuit, set sail from Gothenburg carrying about 50 Dutch and Swedish colonists and trade goods. After roughly four months crossing the Atlantic, they arrived in Delaware Bay in March 1638.
2. 1638Fort Christina · DelawareMinuit concluded a land purchase agreement with the local Lenape indigenous people and built a wooden fort at the confluence of the Christina River (named after the Swedish queen) and the Delaware River, naming it Fort Christina, opening the New Sweden colony and developing the fur trade.