In the spring of 1623, a ship carrying 110 settlers captained by Cornelius Jacobsz May docked in what is now known as New York City. This ship was called the New Netherland. The brave men, women, and children aboard the ship had agreed to settle in the uninhabited colony for six year. Some stayed on what is now known as Governor’s Island, others went to the Dutch settlement of Delaware, and the rest went to Fort Orange, modern day Albany. These settlers, equipped with some livestock, seeds, and farming tools, had to endure unimaginable feats while trying to survive on the wild territory. They made it through the harsh winter and slowly settlement in these areas thrived. I think that without the brave decision of these Dutch settlers to stay and work through the hardships of settling in a completely new and wild environment, future settlers would have been wary to come and try on their own. The example of the first settlers empowered the Dutch to continue sending settlers to the colonies. Without the success of the passengers on the New Netherland I don’t think the Dutch West India Company would have kept on encouraging people to settle in the New World and New York City would have never experienced the prosperous fur trade brought on by the Dutch.