New Castle, DE is at the lower left-center of the map above. (See the brown dot)
Based on two conflicting accounts on the right, we are unsure if Penn reboarded his ship to continue up the Delaware to Upland which he later named Chester. (See the blue arrow and circle)
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's Internet page conflicts with Ashmead's account.
It says, "Once safely docked in the Delaware Bay at New Castle, Penn traveled inland. One of his first goals was to meet and make peace with local Native Americans, the original inhabitants. But it was not a direct journey to Philadelphia, where Dutch and Swedes had settled earlier in the seventeenth century. Penn detoured to Chester to meet with Quakers and worship at a local Friends Meeting."
Below is an artist's idea of the view from his ship. This is an inviting place on the Delaware River.
This town has been preserved almost as it existed before a huge fire in 1824. It is a neat place to visit.
This was a fort at first when owned by the Swedish and the Dutch. (Fort Trinity and Fort Casimir) It was called New Amstel until 1674 when the English named it New Castle. In 1881 Wilmington surpassed it as the major town in Delaware.
