Abraham Blauvelt (16??-1663?) was a Dutch privateer and explorer mapping much of Central America in the 1630s of which both the Bluefield River and the neighboring town of Bluefield, Nicaragua is named. Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... Events and Trends Thirty Years War in full swing in Europe September 8, 1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas. ... Bluefield is the name of some places in the United States of America: Bluefield, Virginia Bluefield, West Virginia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

One of the last of the Dutch Corsairs of the mid 1600s, Abraham Blauvelt was first recorded exploring the coasts of present day Honduras and Nicaragua. He later traveled to England in an effort to gain support to establish a colony in Nicaragua near the city where Bluefield, Nicaragua presently stands. Around 1640 Blauvelt became a privateer serving the Swedish East India Company and in 1644 he commanded his own ship successfully raiding Spanish shipping from a base in southwest Jamaica, today known as Blewfields Bay, and selling the cargo and prizes to the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (New York). After peace between Spain and the Netherlands was reached with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 Blauvelt, unable to stay in New Amsterdam, instead sailed to Newport, Rhode Island in early 1649 to sell his remaining cargo. However the colonial governor sized one of Blauvelt's prizes and with his crew arguing over their shares the local colonists, fearing for the reputation of Rhode Island of trading with pirates, forced Blauvelt to leave the colony. For the next several years Blauvelt commanded a French ship called La Garse later living among the natives of Cape Gracias à Dios near the border of Honduras and Nicaragua until the early 1660s when he was recruited for Sir Christopher Myngs raid on the Spanish colony of Campeche Bay in 1663 however nothing more is known about his activities after this time. Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s Years: 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 Events and Trends November 5, 1605 - The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A privateer was a private ship (or its captain) authorized by a countrys government to attack and seize cargo from another countrys ships. ... The Swedish East India Company, or Svenska Ostindiska Companiet (SOIC) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1731 for the purpose of conducting trade with the far east. ... This article is about the settlement in present-day New York City. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster by Gerard Terborch (1648) Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Münster by Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1648 The Peace of Westphalia, also known as the treaties of Münster and Osnabrück, is the series of treaties that ended... A side street in Newport, Rhode Island, showing the historic buildings near the waterfront Newport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island. ... Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s Years: 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 Events and Trends Samuel Pepys begins his famous diary in 1660 and ends it, due to failing eyesight in 1669. ...

External links

• Swashbuckler's Cove: Abraham Blauvelt (http:///people.freenet.de/hawkeyepike/bios/bio98.htm)
• Pirate's Cove: Abraham Blauvelt (http://www.vleonica.com/blauvelt.htm)