This grant was - again - in conflict with the Dutch claim for New Netherland, which included parts of today's Pennsylvania.

The Dutch claim to the land was further weakened when Peter Stuyvesant justified trading guns by citing pressure from the natives.

New Holland was a nominal Dutch claim over western Australia.

Charles rejected all the Dutch claims on the Atlantic seaboard, but was anxious to bolster English claims by formally occupying the territory.

The Dutch claim to have shot three of the giants dead with their muskets before the giants finally retreated to the shore.

Great Britain and Germany had recognised the Dutch claims in treaties of 1885 and 1895.

The formal Dutch claim to Acadia (1676) was finally abandoned at the end of the war with the Treaty of Nijmegen in 1678.

Saybrook Colony was a direct challenge to Dutch claims.

In April 1955 the Dutch claim was finally proved conclusive, and Sweden returned about $6.8 million in gold.

By the time of the Treaty of Nijmegen, however, the Dutch claim to Acadia was simply abandoned.