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A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...
The following is a sample chapter from my novel The United States of Africa . ldquo;I propose to show how in practice African ...
Author Russell Shorto, in his book “Taking Manhattan,” described the negotiations between Dutch Director General Peter ...
Bringing with them the languages of their homelands, immigrants newly arrived by ship at Ellis Island await official ...
Imagine a world where the Dutch, instead of the English, had colonized the Northeast of what would become the United States. What would America look like today if cities like New York, Boston, and ...
An updated New York State Parks and Historic Sites map highlighting affordable options for outdoor recreation and culturally enriching experiences, has been released.
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I wanted to see old New York, the earliest New York, the Lenni Lenape land of Mannahatta (“island of many hills”), the 1624 ...