This map from Quad’s general atlas of the world, an expansion of his 1592 edition, is a reduced version of Cornelis de Jode’s Americae Pars Borealis, Antwerp, 1593. It does not help much to locate the future New Netherland, but it does help to understand the limits of European perspective on the new continent. Although it appeared more than 100 years after the entry of the continent into European consciousness, it shows how little was known about the area between Virginia and the St. Lawrence. The map reflects details taken from Mercators’ 1569 atlas. The Mercator projection gives a squeezed effect to the northern extremities of the continent.
Anthony Jansen van Salee, the Turk, arrived in New Amsterdam about 1633. For the next forty years, he stirred up trouble.
Pap-scan-ee, L.F. TantilloAn artistic rendering of a Mahican encampment on the east bank of the Hudson River, circa 1600. It is based on archaeological excavations...
George F. Vande Woude was a pioneering Dutch-American cancer researcher, renowned for discovering the MET oncogene and leading major programs at the Van Andel Institute and National Cancer Institute.
From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of immigrants.
The Geuzen medal--shown here in one of its various forms--is a Dutch symbol reflecting a long history of resistance.
Historian James Axtell noted Europeans met Native defenders. Dutch ambitions in the fur trade led to uneasy partnerships with Native peoples—marked by compromise, conflict, and survival as colonial life took root.
Tiger Woods (born 1975) is an American professional golfer widely regarded as one of the greatest in history. A multiple major champion, he dominated world golf rankings and transformed the sport’s global popularity and commercial success.
Andrew Lipman’s eye-opening first book is the previously untold story of how the ocean became a “frontier” between colonists and Indians.
Nicholas Wolterstorff (born 1932) is an American philosopher known for work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, justice, and aesthetics. A longtime Calvin College professor, he later taught philosophical theology at Yale Divinity School.
