What was the Dutch name of the settlement that Jeremias van Rensselaer helped found?
Jeremias van Rensselaer – October 12, 1674) was the third son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company who was instrumental in the establishment of New Netherland. Jeremias van Rensselaer was the acting patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, and the first of his family to establish himself permanently in America.
Haarlemmermeer Haarlemmermeer ] is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water, and the name "Haarlemmermeer" means Haarlem's Lake, still referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century.