Fort Orange by Len Tantillo The gateway into the fort is on your right. You look up and stare at the fort’s walls. They aren’t...

What was it like to live in New Amsterdam?

The Return of the Experiment by Len Tantilo Introduction Your mind drifts off as your teacher talks about the Dutch here in America. You picture...

Recipes in Handwritten Cookbooks from Historic Dutch Houses

Peter Douglas on the linguistic war between the English & the Dutch: “In the English language, when something goes wrong, they put the word Dutch in front of it.”

Whatever the explanation for the confusion regarding the use of "England" and "Britain," it’s important to understand and to make the distinction.

Peter Douglas explores several fanciful depictions by artists who have let their imaginations run wild within the context of the myths that befog the retelling of the purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians in 1626.

Sources & Citations This digital project, Voyages of New Netherland (1609–1664), offers a richly detailed database tracing roughly 250 voyages of over 150 ships between...

The database records details on voyages of ships that made port in New Netherland for the years 1609-1664. (This period covers Dutch control of New...

This table shows a family of mariners moving up through a sailing hierarchy. The shared patronymic, Reyersz (son of Reyer), indicates that these men may...

Explore New Netherland through its ships—voyages shown by year A Timeline of Voyages to New Netherland This timeline  tells the story of New Netherland through...

The map represents the various routes ships took to get to New Netherland. Thicker lines indicate a higher number of voyages using that route. By...