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Using the most recent research, this volume examines how New York's history and culture were influenced by its complex past as a part of a Dutch colony known as New Netherland. • Provides a detailed history of New York while it was under Dutch control and explores the lasting influence of New York's Dutch heritage. • Includes important people involved in shaping New Netherland, including Adriaen Block, Petrus Stuyvesant, and others. • The book...
12) New Amsterdam
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Describes the Dutch colonization of what would become New York.
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[Self-published]
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Four Hundred Years in America is the story of the first immigrant settlers in New Netherland, the seventeenth century Dutch colony in North America. It is the story of strangers in a strange land, individuals and families who struggled to make a clearing in the wilderness to build a home and make a life. They were the founders of the New York metropolis and the ancestors of millions of Americans. The author reconstructs the lives of selected ancestors...