The views of de Vries and others as to the importance of " saltatory variation," the soundness of which was still by no means generally accepted in 1910, may be gathered from the articles Mendelismvi and Variation.
A portion of it was regranted to David Pietersen de Vries in 1636 and in 1642 the remainder was erected into a patroonship and granted to Cornelis Melyn.
In 1641 de Vries established a settlement at Oude Dorp (Old Town), near Arrochar Park, near South Beach.
The Kurile Islands were discovered in 1634 by the Dutch navigator Martin de Vries.