Jul 2, 2015
Proclamation by the States General leads to New Netherland Company The competition between free mariners and merchants for trading rights in the valley of the River Mauritius during the period of 1611 to 1613 was found to cause both national and international...
Jul 1, 2015
Henry Hudson: His obsession led to his death This portrait is an artist’s impression of how Henry Hudson might have looked. The man, after whom so many geographic locations are named: – a river, a bay, a strait, a county, and a town. How then was Hudson never...
Jun 30, 2015
Adriaen Block: Less important than thought? As with Henry Hudson, a true portrait of Dutch mariner and merchant, Adriaen Block, does not exist. Block, a dyed in the wool “traveling salesman,” made a total of three trips to the Muhheakantuck Valley and, in 1614,...
Jun 13, 2015
The map of Jansson-Visscher The famous Jansson-Visscher map of New Netherland was first released in 1650. The map listed the names of numerous indigenous tribes and settlements, which suggests that the Dutch traders knew the importance of knowing the names of their...
Jun 12, 2015
Oldest map of ManhattanThe map released by Adriaen Block in 1614 documented the area between the French territory of Nova Francia and the English territory of Virginia. It is considered the first detailed map of New Netherland as well as the middle portion of North...