Delmarva Peninsula
| Delmarva Peninsula | ||
 Delmarva Peninsula and Chesapeake Bay |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 30 ′ N , 75 ° 40 ′ W | |
| Waters 1 | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Chesapeake Bay | |
| length | 300 km | |
| width | 100 km | |
The Delmarva Peninsula is about 300 km long and up to 100 kilometers wide peninsula on the east coast of the United States . The name Delmarva is made up of the names of the three states that divide the peninsula - Del aware , Mar yland and V irgini a . Older names are Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula and Chesapeake Peninsula ( Chesapeake Peninsula ).
location
The Delmarva Peninsula is bounded by Chesapeake Bay to the west and Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
Traffic routes
The traffic routes to the peninsula lead in the north over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal , in the west over the 6.5 km long Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Maryland or in the south over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Virginia Beach / Virginia. There are also numerous ferry connections.
nature
The peninsula is comparatively sparsely populated and offers birdwatchers in particular an interesting area. In some areas there are large numbers of wild horses here . On the offshore island of Assateague , the reserve is Assateague State Park set up where you can watch them.
history
The area has been inhabited for around 8,000 years. The natives lived as semi-nomads from hunting. When the Europeans settled America, the Assateague , Transquakin, Choptico, Moteawaughkin, Quequashkecaquick, Hatsawap, Wachetak, Marauqhquaick and Manaskson peoples lived in the region. In 1566 an expedition from Florida, Spain, arrived on the peninsula. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés led this expedition. The Spanish believed that Chesapeake Bay was the entrance to the Northwest Passage.
The Dutch West India Company founded the Zwaanendael colony here in 1631 . In 1638 the colony became part of New Sweden . The Dutch recaptured them and integrated them into the Nieuw Nederland colony . In 1664 it came under British rule. In the pre- American Civil War era , free black people were kidnapped by criminal gangs in the peninsula and illegally sold into slavery in the southern states. The mouth of the Choptank River , which flows mainly through the Delmarva Peninsula, was among others from slavery opponent and members of the Underground Railroad , Harriet Tubman , used when she escaped slaves from Maryland to Pennsylvania and Canada led.
Major cities on the peninsula
The two largest cities are Dover (Delaware) with around 33,000 and Salisbury (Maryland) with around 24,000 inhabitants.
- Easton , capital of Talbot County.
- Chestertown, Maryland , capital of Kent County. The Washington College is located here.
- St. Michael's, Maryland , popular tourist destination
- Lewes, Delaware , the former Zwaanendael, was the first European settlement in Delaware. It bears the title “first city in the first state”.
- Ocean City, Maryland , popular tourist destination with several beach hotels
- Seaford, Delaware , is known as the "Nylon Capital of the World" and is the largest city in Sussex County.
- Chincoteague, Virginia is known for ponies. The US Fish & Wildlife Service manages the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge .
- Princess Anne, Maryland , capital of Somerset County.
- Rehoboth Beach, Delaware , “the Nation's Summer Capital,” sixteen times its population during the high season
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Terry Plowman: Delmarva Millennium Volume I . Thomson-Chesapeake. October 1999. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ The Domestic Slave Trade of the United States Winfield Hazlitt Collins, 1904, pp. 90-92. Retrieved August 29, 2007.
