important people in delaware Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/important-people-in-delaware Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:24:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Delaware CHRONOLOGY http://travelsfinders.com/delaware-chronology.html http://travelsfinders.com/delaware-chronology.html#respond Tue, 10 May 2016 08:42:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=203929 1525 Spanish explorer Estevan Gomes passes by and notes the mouth of Delaware Bay. Slave trader Pedro de Quejo’s expedition reaches the entrance of Delaware Bay and lands on the Delmarva Peninsula. 1639 The first African on the Delaware, Anthony Swart, is brought from the Caribbean to Fort Christina. 1763-1767 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon survey the line later named after them to resolve a border dispute between William Penn and Lord Baltimore that had lasted for almost 100 years. 1950s Puerto Rican contract laborers arrive in Delaware to follow employment opportunities in agriculture and industry. 1961 The Puerto Rican

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