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n Gave Name to Cape Honoring Cpt. Mey

CAPE MAY - This city, which earned designation as a National Landmark City because of its Victorian architecture, is going back still further to its roots — or bulbs - with the Tulip Festival beginning fl this weekend. 2 The flowery festival com1 memorates the 300-year £ ties of Cape May with the .Netherlands. The festival honors the Dutchman who gave his name to the shores — Cpt. Cornelius Jacobsen Mey. ALTHOUGH IT was another explorer sailing for the Dutch. Sir Henry Hudson, who actually *>. discovered the Cape in 1609 while exploring the Delaware Bay area. Captain Mey is credited with I having made the first ex(l tensive explorations in 1621 v while on a voyage for the Dutch West India Company. The Dutch captain found the area especially hospitable and "much like home in Holland," and he returned to the Netherlands singing its praises. \ In 1623, Mey was formal- : Q ly installed as the first v Director General of the New Netherlands — the name applied to all coastal lands lying between Cape Cod (Mass.) and Cape Henlopen (Del.). He was instructed by his supenh^s to "govern by love ant} friendship rather than—by force," and apparently he did just that "to the great contentment ) of his people " The Dutch settlers left an imprint here worthy of emulation. They were good businessmen, hard workers and fair with the Indians with whom they had many land dealings. WHILE IT isn't unreasonable to look upon Captain Mey as the founder of Cape May. the influence of the New England whalers, who arrived here at about the same time, apparently overwhelmed that of the Dutch. — many of whom left, gathering together on the Island of Manhatten under the leadership of Peter Minuit as early as 1626. They, of course, were the founders of New Amsterdam (New York). TODAY. THE reminders of this area's early Dutch heritage are comparable to that of the Leni Lenape Indians — the earliest inhabitants of this peninsula who are remembered in the numerous place names. The Jersey Cape's early Dutch influence too is now mostly nominal. While Captain Mey gave the area its name, his governance was brief, and today's Cape May heritage is steeped in

the more discernible Victorian architecture which has its foundation io the splendor and excitement of an age closer to our times. STILL. TIIEXBRIGHT tulips provide a fitting * tribute to Cape May's colorful history — a heritage of many branches, not the least of which extends back 350 years to the early Dutch

whose dauntless explorers, scientists and merchants were precious participants three centuries ago during the great Golden Age of discovery and ; enlightenment. ( Most of the information in this article came from Jean T. Timmons, author of "This Is Cape May Visitor's Guide.")

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