Whatever the explanation for the confusion regarding the use of "England" and "Britain," it’s important to understand and to make the distinction.
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...
Shirley Temple was an American child film star who became one of Hollywood’s most famous performers of the 1930s. Later she served as a U.S. diplomat, including ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
Collected on this page are the manuscript images, transcription, and translation of the Govert Loockermans Correspondence and Papers, N.D., 1647-1700 (Series XXII of the Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd...
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.”
This slideshow animation shows the number of ships voyaging to New Netherland by arrival year. Ships colored orange indicate West India Company ships, blue represents...
Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck was an American engineer and politician from New York who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Before entering politics, he worked in railway signal engineering.
Antony de Hooges served as business manager of Rensselaerswijck, beginning somewhere between March 1645 and February 1646 and running through March 1648. De Hooges recorded...
Recipes in Handwritten Cookbooks from Historic Dutch Houses
Voyages to New Netherland, totaling West India Company and other voyages by arrival year. Voyages to New Netherland, showing West India Company and Other sponsored...
