When Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia
In The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs chronicles Dutch exploration and settlement in the Hudson Valley, beginning with Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage. Though Dutch control ended in 1674, their brief presence profoundly shaped the region’s history, trade, and cultural foundations.
Peter Douglas’s Dutch Renaissance traces the unlikely survival of New Netherland’s records through shipwreck, war, and fire—culminating in Dr. Charles Gehring’s decades-long effort to translate the 17th-century Dutch texts and revive the colony’s forgotten voice and legacy.
The story of Adriaen Block – either the third or fourth European to explore what became New Netherland – who played a vital role in its eventual settlement.
A biography from the Associate Director of the New Netherland Research Center about the visionary Amsterdam merchant. Van Rensselaer was a driving force behind the patroonship system and founded the only successful example, Rensselaerswijck.
A romp through the history of New Netherland that would surely have Petrus Stuyvesant complaining about the riot transpiring between its pages ... Readers are guaranteed a genuine adventure that will evoke the full range of human emotions.
A romp through the history of New Netherland that would surely have Petrus Stuyvesant complaining about the riot transpiring between its pages ... Readers are guaranteed a genuine adventure that will evoke the full range of human emotions.
Len Tantillo brings 17th-century Delaware River rivalry to life with vivid illustrations, exploring Dutch-Swedish conflict, the fur trade, and a reconstructed fort—featuring historical insight by Dr. Charles Gehring.
In 1634, Harmen van den Bogaert led a Dutch West India Company expedition into Iroquois territory, documenting New York’s interior and its native peoples in the earliest known surviving account.
"For anyone seeking to answer the question, 'What was New Netherland?' this little volume is a handy, richly packed resource. It gives you the background, the actors, the action, and the legacy. In clear prose, it covers a lot of history in a few pages."
