Between 1609 and 1664, over 150 ships made 250 voyages between the Dutch Republic and New Netherland, transporting people, provisions, and correspondence, forging vital connections that sustained colonial life and linked the colony to its European center.
An award-winning booklet that recounts the story of the New Netherland Project
Govert Lookcermans’ house which, through marriage and inheritances, became the home of Sarah Oort Kidd, the wife of Captain Willilam Kidd. This is a translation of the...
Published in 2009, this collection of essays pulls from diverse perspectives–social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and political–to weave together the dynamic and diverse history of the...
A series by NNRC Director Charles Gehring funded by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York that lays before the public instructive but...
A series by NNRC Director Charles Gehring funded by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York that lays before the public instructive but...
Seventeenth-century Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius defined property as “ours,” including houses, land, and immovable things. Ownership passed by gift, inheritance, or sale, but only formal transfer, not mere agreement, secured legitimate title in New Netherland.
Governors Island, carries both historic and cultural importance for the descendants of three continents—Europeans, Africans, and American Indians.
Jeroen van den Hurk uses historic documents to analyze the architecture of New Netherland.
In addition to talks and papers presented at scholarly seminars, NNRC scholars have lent their expertise to audiences through visual media. Uncovering America’s Forgotten Colony...
