yn , ▁K ilia en ▁van ▁R ens sel a er ▁( P atro on ▁of ▁R ens sel a ers wy ck ), ▁Jo annes ▁de ▁La et ▁( the ▁ge ograph er ), ▁David ▁Piet ers en ▁de ▁V ries ▁and ▁Math ij s ▁J ansen ▁Van ▁Ke ulen . ▁A ▁ship ▁of ▁eigh teen ▁guns , ▁The ▁Wal vis ▁was ▁fitted ▁out ▁to ▁bring ▁over ▁the ▁colon ists ▁and ▁subsequently ▁defend ▁the ▁coast , ▁with ▁incident al ▁wh aling ▁to ▁help ▁def ray ▁exp enses . ▁A ▁col ony ▁of ▁twenty - e ight ▁people ▁was ▁plant ed ▁on ▁Bl om ma ert ' s ▁Kill ▁( now ▁Lew es ▁cre ek ), ▁a ▁little ▁north ▁of ▁Cape ▁Hen lo pen , ▁and ▁its ▁governor ship ▁was ▁entr usted ▁to ▁Gill is ▁H os set . ▁This ▁settlement ▁ant ed ated ▁by ▁several ▁years ▁any ▁in ▁Pennsylvania , ▁and ▁the ▁col ony ▁at ▁Lew es ▁pract ically ▁laid ▁the ▁foundation ▁and ▁defined ▁the ▁singular ly ▁limited ▁area ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Del aware , ▁the ▁major ▁part ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁purchase . ▁A ▁pal is aded ▁fort ▁was ▁built , ▁with ▁the ▁" red ▁l ion , ▁r amp ant ," ▁of ▁Holland ▁aff ixed ▁to ▁its ▁gate , ▁and ▁the ▁country ▁was ▁named ▁S wa an end ael ▁or ▁Z wa an end ael ▁Col ony , ▁while ▁the ▁water ▁was ▁called ▁God yn ' s ▁Bay ▁( now ▁Del aware ▁Bay ). ▁ ▁The ▁existence