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Huguenot Pirates on the Barbary Coast and the Mapping of New Amsterdam

October 5, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

Johannes Vingboons View of New AmsterdamHuguenots were followers of Jean Calvin’s teachings for which they were persecuted in Catholic France. Many were forced to leave the country and settled in the Netherlands, Switzerland, England, and South Africa.

Nicolas Martiau was one of a number of refugees who made their way to America (Virginia) via England. A surveyor and engineer in the service of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntington, he was an ancestor of George Washington. [Read more…] about Huguenot Pirates on the Barbary Coast and the Mapping of New Amsterdam

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Brooklyn, Dutch History, Mapmakers, Maps, New Amsterdam, New Netherland

The Politics of Translating New Netherland Dutch Records

August 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Politics of Translation FlierThe Oneida County History Center has announced a free virtual lunchtime lecture by Dr. Peter Van Cleave, looking at Adrian van der Kemp and his work translating the records of the New Netherland colony. [Read more…] about The Politics of Translating New Netherland Dutch Records

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City Tagged With: Dutch History, New Netherland, Oneida County, Oneida County History Center

New Website Maps 1660 New York

July 12, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

new amsterdam mapCreated by the New Amsterdam History (NAHC) Center, Mapping Early New York, is digital map with a time-slider linked to information from the Castello Plan of 1660.

The database includes information on families from detailed sources and connected with map features, particularly tax parcels. [Read more…] about New Website Maps 1660 New York

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Genealogy, Maps, New Amsterdam, New Amsterdam History Center, New Netherland, New York City, New York State Museum

Story of New Netherland Virtual Talk

July 10, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

New Netherlands Early Street_InPixioThe Time and the Valleys Museum in the Catskills, has announced a virtual program The Story of New Netherland: Dutch Colony 1624 – 1664, set to be held on ZOOM on Sunday, July 12th, with historian and former teacher Thomas Riley of New Jersey. [Read more…] about Story of New Netherland Virtual Talk

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Dutch History, New Netherland, Sullivan County, Time and the Valleys Museum, Ulster County

Janny Venema On Her Time In Albany Translating Dutch Records

July 3, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Janny Venema tells how she came to Albany, New York, from The Netherlands 35 years ago and went to work translating New Netherland colony early Dutch manuscripts with Charles Gehring. She is retiring now and heading back to The Netherlands. Venema is author of Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664 (SUNY Press, 2003) and a biography, Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World (SUNY Press, 2011). [Read more…] about Janny Venema On Her Time In Albany Translating Dutch Records

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Dutch History, New Netherland, Podcasts

Kieft’s War Against Native People: A Primer

July 2, 2020 by Jordan Baker 3 Comments

New AmsterdamThe series of conflicts known as Kieft’s War (1643-1645) owe their origins to several factors.

Primary among these was the Dutch inability to understand the concepts of land use among native people. When the Dutch gave wampum, muskets, and other trade goods during land negotiations, they believed they were purchasing the land. Native people however, considered the Dutch to have, at best, leased the land. Convinced they had purchased the land in and around Manhattan, Dutch settlers drew ever closer to Native American villages. And, when Native Americans hunted on the ground the Dutch believed they had purchased, the New Netherlanders sought to punish the offenders. [Read more…] about Kieft’s War Against Native People: A Primer

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City Tagged With: Military History, Native American History, New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Reckoning with Our Legacy of Slavery

October 21, 2019 by Alan J. Singer 2 Comments

Harpers Magazine illustration of the New York City slave market in 1643On Friday October 25, the New York City Commission on Human Rights will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans at the British Jamestown colony in 1619.

“Reckoning with Our Legacy of Slavery and Charting an Anti-Racist Future” will be at the New York County Surrogate’s Court (31 Chambers Street, New York). There is no charge to attend but you must make a reservation. Email Christelle Onwu at conwu@cchr.nyc.gov by October 22nd, 2019. [Read more…] about Reckoning with Our Legacy of Slavery

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Abolition, African American History, Black History, Civil War, Manhattan, New Amsterdam, New Netherland, New York City, Political History, Slavery

Haunted Historic Huguenot Street Events In October

October 10, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

historic huguenot street trick or treatingHistoric Huguenot Street has announced their 2019 Haunted Huguenot Street tours, set for the month of October. At nightfall, the historic houses and grounds will set the stage for the restless spirits of New Paltz to tell the harrowing stories of how their lives came to a tragic ending, and then what happened afterwards. [Read more…] about Haunted Historic Huguenot Street Events In October

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Halloween, Historic Huguenot Street, New Netherland, New Paltz

Mapping Empire in the Chesapeake

September 25, 2019 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldHow do empires come to be? How are empires made and who makes them?

What role do maps play in making empires?

Christian Koot is a Professor of History at Towson University and the author of A Biography of a Map in Motion: Augustine Herrman’s Chesapeake (NYU Press, 2017). Christian has researched and written two books about the seventeenth-century Anglo-Dutch World go better understand empires and how they are made. He joins us in this episode of Ben Franklin’s World to take us through his research and to share what one specific map, Augustine Herrman’s 1673 map Virginia and Maryland, reveals about empire and empire making. [Read more…] about Mapping Empire in the Chesapeake

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Biography, British Empire, Chesapeake, Dutch History, Early America, Early American History, Empires, Mapmakers, Maps, Maryland, New Netherland, Podcasts, Virginia

1680s Huguenot Redoubt Painting, First of Series, On View in New Paltz

August 14, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Huguenot Redoubt c 1685Historic Huguenot Street has commissioned fine artist Len Tantillo to create a series of three paintings, looking at Huguenot Street during different times in history. The paintings will become part of the permanent collection at Historic Huguenot Street, enhancing the museum’s interpretations and aiding visitors in understanding what the street has looked like in the past. [Read more…] about 1680s Huguenot Redoubt Painting, First of Series, On View in New Paltz

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Art History, Historic Huguenot Street, New Netherland, New Paltz

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