Alexander A. Vandegrift was a U.S. Marine Corps general and Medal of Honor recipient who commanded Marines at Guadalcanal in World War II and later served as the eighteenth Commandant of the Marine Corps.
This volume of land papers from the “Colonial Manuscripts” in the New York State Archives comprises translations of three Dutch record books lettered GG, HH...
THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW NETHERLAND - Charles Gehring, Director of the New Netherland Research Center, and Russell Shorto discuss various topics, including Dr. Gehring's forty-year career as a translator of the archives of New Netherland and the historical significance of the 17th-century Dutch colony.
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...
John Vanbiesbrouck is a former American NHL goaltender who played from 1981 to 2002, most notably with the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers, and won the Vezina Trophy in 1986.
This collection of official documents pertaining to the administration of the Delaware region ends with the seizure of New Netherland from the Dutch in 1664. It is the first of two published translations that comprise volumes 18 to 21.
CULTURAL AUTHORITY AND THE ANGLICIZATION MYTH IN EARLY NEW YORK - Historian Joyce Goodfriend joins Steve McErleane to discuss her career, the evolution of New Netherland studies, enduring Dutch cultural identity, and future directions in interpreting early New York history.
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...
Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh was an American lawyer, Civil War officer, and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as U.S. Minister to Japan before becoming a justice of the Florida Supreme Court.
Piece of Eight – The Spanish dollar or “piece of eight” became an international currency in the 16th century as the volume of international trade...
