John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate whose pioneering work in quantum magnetism and electron behavior in solids helped establish the modern theory of magnetism.
“The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: the First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun,” by Lisa Jardine (Harper Collins, 2006, 176pp, $21.95, pbk $12.95).
Wampum+ Known as wampum or sewant, these shell beads were so highly valued by Indians that they took the place of currency. Rather than silver...
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate whose pioneering work in quantum magnetism and electron behavior in solids helped establish the modern theory of magnetism.
The Dutch Among the People of the Long River De Witte Leeuw (“The White Lion”) was a heavily armed trading ship of 320 tons, sailing...
January 31, 2009, was the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Amsterdamsche Wisselbank (Exchange Bank of Amsterdam), and with it the idea of a national bank, modeled on such a bank in Venice, reached northern Europe.
The patroonship plan of colonization was attempted in various regions. Only Rensselaerswijck proved a success.
Jan Vigne was among the earliest Europeans born in New Netherland, likely in 1624. The son of Huguenot immigrants, he later became a brewer, landowner, and civic official in New Amsterdam.
Have you ever wondered what life was like for Dutch families who settled in New Netherland? Visit the home of Jan Mabee. His father came to North America from the Netherlands, and in 1706, Jan built this house on the banks of the Mohawk River near Schenectady.
A.J.F. van Laer, though little known outside New Netherland scholarship, laid the foundation for modern study of the colony. His meticulous translations of 17th-century Dutch records remain essential, shaping the work that continues through today’s New Netherland Project.
