New Netherland and Dutch New York overlapped with the territories of many different Native peoples, all with particular social and political customs who had long pre-colonial histories of diplomacy with one another.

Sources & Citations This digital project, Voyages of New Netherland (1609–1664), offers a richly detailed database tracing roughly 250 voyages of over 150 ships between...

The database records details on voyages of ships that made port in New Netherland for the years 1609-1664. (This period covers Dutch control of New...

This table shows a family of mariners moving up through a sailing hierarchy. The shared patronymic, Reyersz (son of Reyer), indicates that these men may...

Explore New Netherland through its ships—voyages shown by year A Timeline of Voyages to New Netherland This timeline  tells the story of New Netherland through...

The map represents the various routes ships took to get to New Netherland. Thicker lines indicate a higher number of voyages using that route. By...

This slideshow animation shows the number of ships voyaging to New Netherland by arrival year. Ships colored orange indicate West India Company ships, blue represents...

Voyages to New Netherland, totaling West India Company and other voyages by arrival year. Voyages to New Netherland, showing West India Company and Other sponsored...

This social network graph shows how ship owners or charterers (red) connect with skippers (blue). Larger dots indicate more voyages. Use the zoom control in...

In 2004, archaeologists Paul Huey and Jim Bradley led Len Tantillo across a recently turned field along a creek on the east side of the Hudson...

In 2004, archaeologists Paul Huey and Jim Bradley led Len Tantillo across a recently turned field along a creek on the east side of the Hudson...

Most of New Netherland's enslaved people were brought to the colony either through the inter-colonial or transatlantic slave trade. The first enslaved laborers arrived in New Netherland as early as 1625.