On May 2, 1839, at the urging of the New-York Historical Society and with the support of Governor William Seward (later Secretary of State for Presidents Lincoln and Johnson), the New York State Legislature passed an act “To appoint an agent to procure and transcribe documents in Europe relative to the colonial history of this state.”
In Who Should Rule at Home? Joyce D. Goodfriend argues that the high-ranking gentlemen who figure so prominently in most accounts of New York City's evolution.
Jane Wyatt (1910–2006) was an American film and television actress best known for portraying Margaret Anderson on the long-running series Father Knows Best, earning three Emmy Awards and appearing in films, Broadway productions, and later television dramas.
Perhaps for many people the most well known inhabitant of New Netherland is Director-General Peter Stuyvesant, and his most notable physical feature was, in his later years at least, a wooden leg. Let’s see how he became Peg Leg Pete.
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.
Wilbur (1867–1912) and Orville Wright (1871–1948) were American aviation pioneers who achieved the first successful powered airplane flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, developing the three-axis control system that became fundamental to modern aircraft design.
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.
Those concerned with the study of New Netherland will be familiar with the Dutch East India Company, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), established in 1602 to trade with India and Southeast Asia, as well as the Dutch West India Company, the Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie (GWC), chartered in 1621 for a trade monopoly in North America, the Caribbean, and Brazil.
In Spaces of Enslavement, Andrea C. Mosterman addresses the persistent myth that the colonial Dutch system of slavery was more humane.
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...
