Excerpted from Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America. Copyright (c) 2025 by Russell Shorto. Used with permission of the ...
Dr. Janny Venema, associate director of the New Netherland Project, will present the address "The Legacy of the New Netherland Colony for the United States" on Thursday, April 10, at 11 a.m. at Hope ...
New Amsterdam’s earliest years remain shrouded in mystery. The infamous Peter Schagen letter from Nov. 7, 1626, reported that the Dutch West India Company had purchased Manhattan for the value of 60 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. Jan 30, 2024, 11:24pm EST Jan 31, 2024, 09:19am EST This ...
BAY RIDGE — WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BERGEN STREET IN BROOKLYN and the town of Bergen, Norway, birthplace of the composer Edvard Grieg? Early settlers like Han Hansen Bergen — the namesake of ...
What many people believe to be the Dutch’s role in forming the America of today might fall short of the full story. A bigger part of that tale is now on display, as the Schenectady County Historical ...
click image for close-up American illustrator Howard Pyle, illustrator of many historical and adventure stories for periodicals, created this depiction of a slave auction in New Amsterdam (later to be ...
Introduction : "a blessèd country, where milk and honey flow" -- Reconnaissance and exploration -- Population and immigration -- Authority, government, and justice -- Trade, agriculture, and artisans ...
The Shagen letter that describes the sale of the island of Manhattan from the Dutch by the Lenape people in 1626 for 60 guilders, about $24, which today's Lenape leaders dispute. Robert Caro's Smith ...
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