Title A description of New Netherland / Adriaen van der Donck ; edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna ; translated by Diederik Willem Goedhuys ; foreword by Russell Shorto

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 176 pages) : map Series The Iroquoians and their world Iroquoians and their world Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Publication history of Adriaen van der Donck's A Description of New Netherland; Map of New Netherland; The country; Of the manners and extraordinary qualities of the original natives of New Netherland; Of the nature, amazing ways, and properties of the beavers; A conversation between adutch patriot and a newnetherlander concerning thecondition of new netherland; Appendix; Notes; Index Summary 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, a Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-170) and index Notes Translated from the Dutch Print version record Subject West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) -- History -- 17th century SUBJECT West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) fast Subject Dutch -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century Indians of North America -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century HISTORY -- State & Local. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) Dutch Indians of North America Travel SUBJECT New York (State) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091448 New Netherland -- Description and travel New Netherland -- History Subject New York (State) United States -- New Netherland Genre/Form Early works History Form Electronic book Author Gehring, Charles T., 1939- Starna, William A Goedhuys, D. W. (Diederik Willem) ISBN 9780803219397 0803219393 1281958492 9781281958495 9786611958497 6611958495

Other Titles Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant. English

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