Nandels Expedition

The Nandels Expedition of 1704 was a historic expedition resulting in the colonization of what is now the Nandels Port Metropolitan Area.

Background
In 1683, Sir Edmond Nandels, an English scholar, had been studying about the island of Doggerland and its historic settlements there. Noting that these settlements had since moved on, either leaving for the nearby mainland or being forced out by other colonists, he decided to set up an expeditionary force and travel there in an effort to form the first permanent settlement there. Unbeknownst to him, a group of Dutch colonists had been permanently settling in the southwestern regions of the island since a few decades earlier.