[PW] ?delmarva peninsula

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A Dutch edition (1683) of the Nicolas Sanson map (first published in 1652) shows 'Chriftian' (Swedish) http://www.mapsofpa.com/17thcentury/1683sanson.jpg

On a map from 1684 'Pennsilvania' is prominently marked on the Delmarva Peninsula. http://www.mapsofpa.com/17thcentury/1684hack.jpg
 
John Henderson <jhenderson at ithaca.edu> wrote: The Delmarva peninsula takes its name from Delaware, Maryland, and  
Virginia, but when was that name coined and did it have a different  
colonial or pre-colonial name? Did the Nanticoke, Lenape or  
Susquehannocks or other pre-European peoples give it a name? When the  
Dutch and Swedes and then English were disputing their colonial  
claims, did they agree on a name or have their own names for the  
peninsula?

Thanks,

John Henderson
Ithaca College Library

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