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Who was the Delaware Bay named after? the governor of the Pennsylvania colony an explorer from a Dutch trading company the governor of Jamestown, Virginia an explorer from the New Netherlands
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Who was the Delaware Bay named after?

the governor of the Pennsylvania colony


an explorer from a Dutch trading company


the governor of Jamestown, Virginia


an explorer from the New Netherlands

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The river and bay were named after Sir Thomas West (1577–1618), the 3rd Baron De La Warr and first governor of the colony of Virginia
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