Description Of The New Netherlands
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A Description Of New Netherland
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Author : Adriaen van der Donck
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
A Description Of New Netherland written by Adriaen van der Donck and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This edition of A Description of New Netherland provides the first complete and accurate English-language translation of an essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century. Adriaen van der Donck, a graduate of Leiden University in the 1640s, became the law enforcement officer for the Dutch patroonship of Rensselaerswijck, located along the upper Hudson River. His position enabled him to interact extensively with Dutch colonists and the local Algonquians and Iroquoians. An astute observer, detailed recorder, and accessible writer, Van der Donck was ideally situated to write about his experiences and the natural and cultural worlds around him. Van der Donck s Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant was first published in 1655 and then expanded in 1656. An inaccurate and abbreviated English translation appeared in 1841 and was reprinted in 1968. This new volume features an accurate, polished translation by Diederik Willem Goedhuys and includes all the material from the original 1655 and 1656 editions. The result is an indispensable first-hand account with enduring value to historians, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists.
Description Of The New Netherlands
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Author : Adriaen Van Der Donck
language : en
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Description Of The New Netherlands written by Adriaen Van Der Donck and has been published by Cosimo, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with History categories.
Description of the New Netherlands was written in 1653 by Adriaen van der Donck, just two years before his death. After living for years in a Dutch Settlement near what today is Albany, New York, van der Donck wrote the description of the land, peoples, vegetation, animals, and beauty of his new home. Included in his description are observations on animals such as the beaver, and on the customs and languages of the Native Americans in the area, particularly the Mohawk and Mahican tribes. Van der Donck's authority on Native Americans was unprecedented at the time, and his descriptions of their lifestyle is one of the most detailed accounts of Indian laws and customs from the 17th century. Adriaen van der Donck (1618-1655) was born in Breda in the Netherlands, but became a settler in "the New World" in 1641. He graduated as a law student from the University of Leiden, and was the first lawyer to settle in New Netherlands. While there, he became a landowner and adept scholar in the ways of the local Native Americans, befriending them, eating with them, and learning their languages. He helped to negotiate deals between colonies and the natives, but a disagreement with governor Peter Stuyvesant in 1949 concerning settler's rights sent him back to the Netherlands with a petition to encourage economic freedom. Van der Donck returned to the colony before his death in 1655, where his nickname "Jonkheer" inspired the name for Yonkers, New York.
The Colony Of New Netherland
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Author : Jaap Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2009
The Colony Of New Netherland written by Jaap Jacobs and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
The Dutch involvement in North America started after Henry Hudson, sailing under a Dutch flag in 1609, traveled up the river that would later bear his name. The Dutch control of the region was short-lived, but had profound effects on the Hudson Valley region. In The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs offers a comprehensive history of the Dutch colony on the Hudson from the first trading voyages in the 1610s to 1674, when the Dutch ceded the colony to the English. As Jacobs shows, New Netherland offers a distinctive example of economic colonization and in its social and religious profile represents a noteworthy divergence from the English colonization in North America. Centered around New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan, the colony extended north to present-day Schenectady, New York, east to central Connecticut, and south to the border shared by Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, leaving an indelible imprint on the culture, political geography, and language of the early modern mid-Atlantic region. Dutch colonists' vivid accounts of the land and people of the area shaped European perceptions of this bountiful land; their own activities had a lasting effect on land use and the flora and fauna of New York State, in particular, as well as on relations with the Native people with whom they traded. Sure to become readers' first reference to this crucial phase of American early colonial history, The Colony of New Netherland is a multifaceted and detailed depiction of life in the colony, from exploration and settlement through governance, trade, and agriculture. Jacobs gives a keen sense of the built environment and social relations of the Dutch colonists and closely examines the influence of the church and the social system adapted from that of the Dutch Republic. Although Jacobs focuses his narrative on the realities of quotidian existence in the colony, he considers that way of life in the broader context of the Dutch Atlantic and in comparison to other European settlements in North America.
A Brief Description Of New York
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Author : Daniel Denton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
A Brief Description Of New York written by Daniel Denton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with Indians of North America categories.
New Netherland Electronic Resource
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Author : Jaap Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2005
New Netherland Electronic Resource written by Jaap Jacobs and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
This volume covers the history of the Dutch colony New Netherland on the North American continent, dealing with themes such as the patterns of immigration, government and justice, the economy, religion, social structure, material culture, and mentality of the colonists.
A Brief Description Of New York Formerly Called New Netherlands
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Author : Daniel Denton
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-07-09
A Brief Description Of New York Formerly Called New Netherlands written by Daniel Denton and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-09 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
The Dutch Overseas Empire 1600 1800
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Author : Pieter C. Emmer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-15
The Dutch Overseas Empire 1600 1800 written by Pieter C. Emmer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with History categories.
This pioneering history of the Dutch Empire provides a new comprehensive overview of Dutch colonial expansion from a comparative and global perspective. It also offers a fascinating window into the early modern societies of Asia, Africa and the Americas through their interactions.
A Concise History Of The Netherlands
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Author : James C. Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-13
A Concise History Of The Netherlands written by James C. Kennedy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-13 with History categories.
This book offers a comprehensive yet compact history of this surprisingly little-known but fascinating country, from pre-history to the present.
Dutch New York
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Author : Roger G. Panetta
language : en
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Release Date : 2009
Dutch New York written by Roger G. Panetta and has been published by Fordham University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Dutch New York: the roots of Hudson Valley culture, organized by the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, June 13, 2009 through January 10, 2010"--T.p. verso.
Exploring Historic Dutch New York
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Author : Gajus Scheltema
language : en
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Release Date : 2018-10-17
Exploring Historic Dutch New York written by Gajus Scheltema and has been published by Courier Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-17 with Travel categories.
"The Dutch spirit of diversity, tolerance, and entrepreneurship still echoes across our city streets today. This guide will highlight the history of the early settlements of these new world pioneers as well as the incredible impact they had, and still have, on the world's greatest city." — Michael R. Bloomberg, former Mayor, City of New York This comprehensive guide to touring important sites of Dutch history serves as an engrossing cultural and historical reference. A variety of internationally renowned scholars explore Dutch art in the Metropolitan Museum, Dutch cooking, Dutch architecture, Dutch immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, English words of Dutch origin, Dutch furniture and antiques, and much more. Color photographs and maps throughout. "An expansive guidebook inspired by the Henry Hudson quadricentennial and accompanied by informative essays." — The New York Times