Breeches short pants Loop holes openings through which a gun can be put through while the gun owner stays safe behind the fort wall Palisade a wall made...
Bradley, James W. Before Albany: An Archaeology of Native-Dutch Relations in the Capital Region, 1600-1664. Albany: University of New York Press, 2007. Davis, Kevin A. Look What...
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NYExhibits and paintings of the early Dutch in America. Crailo State Historic Site, Rensselaer, NYExhibits with artifacts...
Fort Orange by Len Tantillo Dutch settler Adriaen van der Donck describes the arrival of Petrus Stuyvesant:“His first arrival was like a peacock, with great...
Lois Miner Huey is an archaeologist and an author of books and articles for children. Her most recent book is Ick! Yuck! EEW! Our GROSS American...
Teunis is a 14-year-old Dutch boy who is learning to become a blacksmith but longs to go to sea. Although it is a work of...
The Y at Amsterdam, seen from the Mosselsteiger (mussel pier) by Ludolf Bakhuizen “Hey—you there—get out of the way or come help us!” A couple...
Map of Rensselaerswyck by Gillis van Scheyndel, 1631–1632 The next morning, Teunis went to Master Jan and told him about his plans: “I need to...
Janny Venema, image courtesy of the TImes Union READ THE ARTICLE HERE Janny Venema, a Dutch native, is the Associate Director of the New Netherland...
Map of New Netherland, 1652 The colony of New Netherland was located in what are now parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and...
