Back كورنيليوس جاكوبسن ماي Arabic Cornelis Jacobszoon May German Cornelius Jacobsen May Spanish Cornelius Mey ET Cornelis Jacobszoon May French Cornelius Jacobsen May Italian Cornelius Jacobsz. May Dutch
Cornelius Jacobson Mey | |
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| 1st Director of New Netherland | |
| In office 1624–1625 | |
| Succeeded by | Willem Verhulst |
Cornelis Jacobsen Mey, often spelled Cornelius Jacobsz May in Dutch, was a 17th-century Dutch explorer, captain, and fur trader. Mey was the first director of New Netherland and was stationed at Fort Amsterdam. Mey was the captain of the ship Nieu Nederlandt, which delivered the first boatload of colonists to New Netherland in north-east America.