Billy Van Zandt (born 1957) is an American playwright, actor, and director known for numerous stage comedies including Love, Sex and the I.R.S. and for television writing and development, with frequent collaborator Jane Milmore.
In the first major examination of the diverse European efforts to colonize the Delaware Valley, Mark L. Thompson offers a bold new interpretation of ethnic and national identities in colonial America.
Steven Van Zandt (born 1950) is an American musician, songwriter, and actor best known as guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for roles in The Sopranos and Lilyhammer, while also recording solo music.
This 1630 map by Johannes de Laet marks a cultural and cartographic shift from rhetorical speculation to empirical accuracy. It’s the first printed map to name New Amsterdam and Manhattan, shown correctly as an island. As a West India Company director, De Laet drew from firsthand colonial reports, making this the earliest reliable depiction of New Netherland.
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) was an influential American singer-songwriter and poet known for haunting folk and country songs including “Pancho and Lefty” and “If I Needed You,” widely admired by fellow musicians and later generations.
In Spaces of Enslavement, Andrea C. Mosterman addresses the persistent myth that the colonial Dutch system of slavery was more humane.
James E. Van Zandt (1898–1986) was a U.S. Navy officer and Pennsylvania congressman who served multiple terms in the House of Representatives, fought in both World Wars, and later rose to rear admiral in the Naval Reserve.
Maps from Europe’s Age of Discovery reveal how New Netherland and the Northeast took shape Charting New Netherland, 1597-1682 Maps Trace a Growing Knowledge of...
Steve Yzerman (born 1965) is a Canadian hockey legend who captained the Detroit Red Wings to three Stanley Cup championships and became one of the NHL’s greatest scorers, later serving as an executive in professional hockey.
Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial American family over five generations. The Haring family settled in the Hackensack Valley where they lived, prospered, and remained throughout the eighteenth century.
