Henry Hudson and the Rise and Fall of New Amsterdam

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  • Henry Hudson and the Rise and Fall of New Amsterdam Book Detail

  • Author : Dirk Barreveld
  • Release Date : 2009-04-01
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 328
  • ISBN 13 : 1409278174
  • File Size : 53,53 MB
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Henry Hudson and the Rise and Fall of New Amsterdam by Dirk Barreveld PDF Summary

Book Description: In the year 1609 a hand full of sturdy sailors watched with amazement the shores they were approaching. Their ship, the Halve Maen, came from The Netherlands. Amsterdam, their place of origin, was the worldâs commercial center. The captain of the ship was named Henry Hudson, he was British. The ship was small, it had a crew of only 16 men. Some 15 years later a few clever businessmen from Amsterdam established a permanent basis at the mouth of the Hudson River: New Amsterdam.

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From New Amsterdam to New York

From New Amsterdam to New York

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The Netherlands was a world economic power in the seventeenth century. It sought to expand its influence by establishing a colony in the New World. New Amsterda

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Henry Hudson's expedition around Manhattan and relations with the Lenape natives *Includes accounts of trade and warfar

The Dutch and English on the Hudson

The Dutch and English on the Hudson

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Sea commerce at this time had so far outstripped a naval power adequate to protect it that piracy grew more and more profitable, and many a respected sea mercha