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.

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Donck, Adriaen van der, 1620-1655

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Series: Iroquoians and their worldPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 176 pages) : mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780803219397
0803219393
1281958492
9781281958495
9786611958497
6611958495

Uniform titles:

Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Description of New Netherland.DDC classification:

974.7/02 22

LOC classification:

F122.1 .D6613 2008eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-170) and index.

Translated from the Dutch.

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.

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