from a trip to Brazil. He had written permission from Dutch authorities to capture enemy ships, which he put to use as a privateer, taking the ship and its load to Amsterdam. Though the ship and some of its goods were returned to its owners, Block made a lot of money, with which he probably bought the house on the Oude Waal.

Block's new world expeditions

Early voyages (1611-1612)

Following Hudson's contact with the Native Americans in the Hudson Valley

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