New Amsterdam: The Dutch Trading Post that Became NYC 

Is Ye Olde English wun uv ye 14 languages on this Babbel you spake ov?

Mont St-Michel maybe a video on this??

As far as im concerned my moms side of the fams native language is reserved for curse words in front of children that only speak English and what not 😆 lol 😆 If the app had a free trial for at least one language and it proved useful id entertain payment for full service available by the company

Explains why you can survive Czech society without struggling with conversations.

Hey did you guys ever consider making a video about the ezo republic? I think it would be a pretty interesting topic for a video.

@nuke mtv what do you mean by "leaky things"?

@@Anon-cp6bm we hate wet feet. our country is largely below, or just above sea-level. hence our aversion to leaky things.

@nuke mtv we in the US better start adopting some of that great Dutchanti-flood engineering.

@nuke mtv I was watching a news reported that highlighted massive swinging curved gates that could close and completely seal access to a harbor and river. It had some way on the seaward side to break the force of the incoming water and, of course, stop it from coming over. I'd never seen anything like it. I doubt I will in the US until it's too late.

Reminds me of the fact that when the Japanese met the Dutch they were so surprised that they only wanted to trade and not convert them to christianity, unlike the Portuguese. Ans that is how the Portuguese got kicked out of Japan and the Dutch gained a couple of hundred year monopoly on Japanese trade.

America first, but can the Netherlands be second?

True story

XD

@@msmit3669 Niet met voetbal...

Nederland eerst, america als tweede

Not to mention Staten Island (Staaten eiland) Harlem (Haarlem) Brooklyn (Breukelen)

@@OnionChoppingNinja Yes he already mentioned Staaten eiland and Lange eiland.

@@OnionChoppingNinja And Flushing (Vlissingen) among many more

The concept of "Verloren Hoop" (forlorn) also entered the american dictionary from the Dutch. How appropriate...

The Ny knicks name also come from a old Dutch word

Nutmeg (or nootmuskaat in Dutch) is still a often used ingredient in the Dutch cuisine actually. But I didn't knew this!

I sprinkle nutmeg on my french roast

I put nutmeg always in my Stamppot!

I personally put nutmeg on things like green beans for example, but I've never used mace for anything.

Palu was not the only place not run by the Dutch with nutmeg . Grenada 🇬🇩 is English.

All yanks are Yankees dafuq is this shit

Now thats a damn fun fact I never knew as a Dutchman

Yan should be written als: Jan (john in english)

@@johannesnicolaas That's right. I was basically splitting the name Yankees in two.

Wow, can use that fact in any trivia quiz 🤔🤭😀

Dude said, (KU-ra-kow).

You are right. It is not a Dutch word though. It was previously occupied by the Portuguese. It was probably named after the Portuguese word coração, which means heart.

There are two c’s

Curaçao is how its written kurasao spoken

JGC That doesn’t make sense

This is true, I checked it with 23andMe.

Elementary my dear JGC.

JGC I don’t think that’s true. There has been years of breeding from foreign and instate animals, plus the cats and dogs are not mainly bred in nyc.

true. New York dogs still bark with a slight Dutch accent ;)

Apple pie is as old as bread and apples

The Dutch were the third nation to recognize the US. Morocco was the first, France the second.

Actually it was morocco who acknowledged The US first

It all depends on your criteria for recognition or diplomatic relations

It was the harbor of Sint Eustatius, but indeed the Dutch were the first nation to salute the USA flag.

good thing you googled that and edited what you previously commented. its always good to fact check yourself, just , ya know, try to do it before you comment.

F for Dutch as world language

For Dutch to survive that long despite the fairly brief period of Dutch control of New Amsterdam is amazing.

I'm assuming that's the countryside of NYS and not NYC.

Romeo Santos There are whole towns in the US that speak German even though they never even had a colony there..? Bunch of people in NY speak "Italian" (it isn't, it's more Neapolitan or Sicilian or a mix, which is unintelligible to an Italian speaker)

I'm from the South American New Amsterdam. Waiting for the South Africans to show up.

We are here. Ons is hier.

@Ad Lockhorst Same in English, it used to be called "the Settlers of Catan", now it's just "Catan". I don't know if they changed it because of SJWs though, they might have just shortened the name because the game is well known enough now.

It was not a colony but a trade post, that's what he said. Cape Town in South Africa was also a trade post and NOT a colony. The Dutch VOC and WIC were never interested in spreading religion, like the British, the Spanish and the Moors.. They wanted to trade and became very good at it.

@@s.t.lacroix372 If you want to be anal about it, New Amsterdam was a town inside of the colony of New Netherlands. Same with Cape town, which was a town inside the larger Cape Colony. Just Google "New Netherlands" or "Dutch Cape Colony". You're absolutely right about the Dutch not caring about spreading religion, but I don't see what that has to do with something being a colony or not.

to be fair he sometimes mispronounces english words

Is that Weehawken?

The video isn't about the wars but about the city.

@@daaaaaaaaaaavid Well he mentioned the plague and fire of London, why not the destruction of the actual means of waging war?

OoOf

Largest naval defeat of the Brits is the failed conquest of Cartagena de Indias (1741). Medway was an attack on harbour, not a proper battle in open seas; although they captured the british flagship and it was a hard blow for the Brits.

Originally by The Four Lads in 1953.

One of the best things ever

Why they changed it, you can now say.

Birdhouse in your soul 1990

It's istanbul not Constantinople.

That's the only old money if you're talking New York families. Maybe in Boston the Brahmin are Anglo Saxon old money. Otherwise it's usually Dutch or French old money. Anglo Saxons with money stayed in Europe, only the dirt poor peasants left for the new world.

Doesn’t take old money...traced one line of my family tree to an immigrant ancestor in New Amsterdam. Not old money. More like *no* money.

@@angelairidescenceartglass6289 😪😂😂

Untill like 150 years ago Dutch was still spoken in NYC by some familes, but only at home.

@@s.t.lacroix372 it's still the same, "some" families in NY still speak Dutch but only at home

We've gotta start pillaging some stuff!

@@IudiciumInfernalum still doing it to this day.

I was literally just about to say the same thing hahaha.

Good catch, I wasn't sure what building that was.

was about to say the same thing lol it happens all the time

Haha

This is true, however, the Dutch EAST India Company is who employed Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage. That is the only mention of the East India Company, the rest of the references refer to the West India Company.

True but he wasreferring to Hudson's employer the Dutch East India Company

Rebecca Whyte have you seen the site ephemeral New York? If not, you will probably like it. So much history, and hidden remnants of old New York!

Read Russel Shorto's book 'Nieuw Amsterdam', it's the best book on this subject, very well researched and written in a very nice style

Ancestors Mom Grandma Iva 1919-2001 Isaac V Wamsley Jr 1875-1930 Isaac V Wamsley Sr 1836-1908 Isaac Wamsley III 1798-1868 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Jr 1778-1825 Isaac Harvey Wamsley Sr 1735-1825 Revolutionary War Veteran Leah Stout Wamsley wife 1742-1820 Daughter of Dr Jonathan Stout 1704-1775 Richard Stout 1678-1749 John Stout 1645-1724 Middletown NJ Son of Richard 1615-1705 and Penelope..1622-1732 New Amsterdam and Gravesend (Coney Island) Elizabeth Crawford Stout wife 1650-1730 Ayshire Scotland Daughter of John Crawford 1618-1698 12th Lord Patrick Crawford 1580-1649 11th Lord William Crawford 1560-1644 10th Lord Patrick Crawford 1530-1560 7th Lord Thomas Crawford 1505-1541 6th Lord James Crawford 1470-? 5th Lord Robert Crawford 1435-1513 4th Lord Archibald Crawford 1389-? 3rd Lord Thomas Crawford 1350-1401 2nd Lord Reginald Crawford 1317-1358 1st Laird Reginald Crawford 1283-1358 Fought at Bannockburn 1314 along with Robert the Bruce and received Lordship for his services. Hugh Crawford ? -1319 Sir Reginald Crawford of Loudon 1255-1297 Sister Margaret married Malcolm Wallace, mother of Sir William Wallace

that tv show where thats almost the complete title, i wonder if there was an intended parallel. Blacks are the "New Orange" which would then mean the dutch and black are in cahoots to hustle traders? 🤪

Imagine losing New York City to the English 🤡

The ship has replica that sails in Hoorn (town in Holland) and the halve mean (the ship in question) used to be on the holland america line logo.

Why do I see you every where. For example drew durnil

Philipsburg Manor?

And time to return as part of The Netherlands :-)

Me, too!

Len-AH-pay or Len-AH-pee depending on what your elementary school teachers taught... lol

Len-ah-pah in Oklahoma. There's a pointless little town named after them (spelled Lenapah, to avoid confusion).

Am I the only one finding that a bit weird? It's some very basic information about the foundation of the city. Every New Yorker and Dutch person should already know most of the information given in this video.

I think there are more Dutch who know about this than New Yorkers.

I always find that odd. I grew up near Lake George and learned most of this in school. It surprises me how little people actually of NY history.

@@markwilliammandigers1001 We have a better and broader education. ;-)

Russell Shorto wrote a nice book that this video summarizes: "The Island at the Center of the World".

Yes, the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the U.S. I’d like to see that episode too.

Most cities in the world pre-date formal city planning. New Amsterdam was allowed to grow the traditional way: haphazardly, driven mostly by pragmatism with some visionary leaders getting everyone together to build defenses.

They have aides, like Robert Moses, to do the job for them LOL.

I don't know about "greatest admiral ever", since Yi Sun-Sin was also amazing. He's definitely up there though.

Have you seen his movie? called Michel de Ruyter

@@DamienAlexander i was going to mention the movie . Its well made. Had me real good at the end 😥

New Lemon?

I always wondered about my home state of NJ and why is there Orange county and the area was refereed to as "The Oranges"

name the city after your president?

@@refeicul Orange County is in NY. In NJ, "The Oranges" refers to 4 towns, Orange, South Orange, West Orange, and East Orange

@@joannesmith2484 is the town Orange the first one created and most northern of them all? like with Sony calling the Playstation just Playstation because they did not know they would make more?

But... WHY did you slip up in the end??? Holland??? OYG.. I don't call a scotland england so Please don't do that again.

Nowadays, just call it Bicyclistan! 😁

God zij met ons

@@farticlesofconflatulation Enig bewijs daar voor? Nog afgezien van... Welke god vandaag??? Thor, wodan, zeus, enz.

@@boterlettersukkel Doesn't it means, god be with us?

Actually it's little bit different. De Dutch word 'wal' can be described as a defense wall. Not like the Trump wall, but made from sand or clay. It was build to keep the Indians out. In the Netherlands there are places refferring to 'wal' too. The red light district is called the 'wallen'.

@@dirkbouma4534 Yes, true. However in this case it was actually a 'dijk' (or dam if you like)

Niet lullig bedoelt maar, er zit hier geen mening tussen die gebaseerd is op kennis. Ik studeer voor mijn Master in Ancient. Med. Civil. maar, je ziet mij echt niet iets uitleggen hier. Geen professional die er de tijd voor neemt. Zelfs Wikipedia wordt niet bekeken door de mensen die er voor gestudeerd hebben laat staan in reacties op RU-vid. Kijk het voor je plezier maar, bespaar je de moeite en mij de irritatie van hobbyisten die vaak een deel goed heb onthouden en vervolgens het volgende deel complete onzin uitkramen. Je begrijpt niet dat in 1600 oud-fries en oud-engels bijna identiek zijn aan elkaar. Ik begrijp dat je redeneert vanuit de taal die nu gebruikt wordt en alles wat hier bij komt kijken zoals zins opbouw, spelling etc. De laatste 400jaar is de taal uit elkaar gegroeid maar, in die tijd was dit een ander verhaal. Het is fijn dat je denk iets toe te voegen of iets te weten maar, hou die onzin alsjeblieft voor je en laat de professionals de uitleg geven. Die weten namelijk waar ze over praten en leren zo andere geen leugens. Er komt iets meer bij kijken dan een paar woordjes vertalen en iets zoeken dat er op lijkt of studeer je voor de grap 12 jaar voordat je überhaupt serieus wordt genomen.

@john biebel Denk je echt dat jou woordenschat maar, ook iets lijkt op dat van de woordenschat van Nederlander uit de 1600's? Kom op mensen denk is een beetje na joh.

Het is niet dat een van jullie beseft hoe respectloos je eigenlijk ben. Het enige wat ons weer houdt van fouten zijn de lessen die we leerde uit de geschiedenis. Je kan het zien als grap want, wat maakt het correct documenteren van de geschiedenis nou uit? Het voorkomt dat ignorant mensen zoals jou ergens in gaan geloven zoals de onzin die Hitler uitkraamde. Misschien voorkomen we zo dat een compleet land de wereld in een oorlog stort en na de oorlog kunnen zeggen dat ze het niet wisten en voor gelogen zijn. Leuk grapje als je een zwakbegaafd brein hebt dat geen respect heeft.

there's also a specialized high school called Stuyvesant in NYC.

GEKOLONISEERDD!!

Nobody but dutch and scots can handle the hard G.

It's a good concept People from al races ripping eachothers of instead of killing

I would

Those who love that name are awsome people .

You mean a certain short man with BIG ego that hails from New York but currently lives further south? Soon to be transported to some federal housing facility?

I wish he got a Dutchman to get all the Dutch names

Sander Swart a story I heard said “yankee” was from Jan Kees or John Cheese which would be like calling someone a cheesehead.

We even brought them donuts.. 😁

It must have been the Dutch West India Company. The Dutch East India Company was active from Cape Town in Africa to Japan. New Amsterdam belonged to the West India Company.

So maybe your ancestors whipped my ancestors to build the colony? Yay!

Mine as well!

Not true. He was ordered by the West India Company to allow Jews to settle as long as they kept their own burial grounds.

A sure sign you should be watching Picard and Riker.

lol.

Don't hold my beer; scratch my ear hehehehe

😂😂😂

Cool, funfact! greetings from the Netherlands!

Zuko you from the fire nation

There's a Town of Beekman, NY. It's north of NYC on the Hudson River.

Not true. It is in the Netherlands but not in Holland it is in Drenthe.

I was waiting for that. The most humiliating moment for the Royal Navy in history

@@riksnoek6068 also the reason why the Royal Navy became the best cause they had to build most of it again, but now with modern technologies/designs/ideas (modern for that time), since 1 ship can be used for 50+ years if they keep them afloat for that long that is, new ways get created but you are not going to not use an older ship if it still works.

He did mention the glorious revolution, though. And for some reason, the Brits still think they *won* the Anglo-Dutch wars. LOL. It is not often that the leader of the loosing side becomes the victor's King.

@@TheEvertw you can say that the first war was a draw, second war a win for the Dutch (helped that England had the great plaque and fire of London around that time), third war i guess is a win for the Dutch since Willem of Orange became William III of England, fourth war was a loss for the Dutch. but i can be wrong though

DarkDutch007 you’re almost right, very close though. The third Anglo-Dutch war wasn’t the Glorious Revolution that got William III on the throne. Instead, it’s the war of 1672-1678: the Dutch Republic vs France, England and some German Bisdoms. Even though the Dutch republic was succesful in fending off these European powerhouses, they’d never recover from it. They fought the English at sea and prevented them from landing on the shores to invade the Netherlands. The English sued for peace after realizing that the French were an unreliable ally. That’s why it’s seen as a Dutch victory (this is also the war in which the Dutch retake New York, as discussed in the video).

Pietje Houtepoot?

Martyn cook I want to smell your mustache

That nickname would have been given him by the English that negotiated with him and/or took over control from him. The alliteration is to good to be a translation, in Dutch is would be very different.

Isnt Netherlands a kingdom? 400 years ago also no republics?

@@043bsr5 The Netherlands are a constitutional monarchy effictively since 1813. That year the sovereignty of the monarch was forever limited after prince William (a descendant of William of Orange), accepted his rule of the country under the terms that a constitution was in place.

why they changed it? I can't say.

USA= CHINA

startrekiborg , I agree! The author’s name, for anyone who needs it, is Russell Shorto.

Cwn 41: Now I’ve got their infectiously catchy cover version of 'Istanbul (was Constantinople)' incessantly playing on a loop in my brain as an earworm now! Cheers for that!😬🙉👂❌😳 [I have to agree with you though, definitely a missed opportunity!]

Shlomo PilpulStein The Four Lads 1953

Yes, but NYC became the central city of the planet. We can check back on Sydney in 200 years though. Fun fact: the Sydney Harbor Bridge is a copy of NYC's Hell Gate Bridge.

Plus, what Drew said. ;)

@@erikcbaardd true the Sydney Harbour bridge is a copy, but its a far larger copy. And l said settled, not inhabited. Most cultures around the world at least developed cities, the Aboriginals had at best a few villages in some areas, but were mostly unsettled and in a constant state of low level war with neighbouring tribes. There is a reason why they were never officially conquered, the Europeans didn't see anything to go to war with as there was no organised enemy to confront.

Aka A European second ago😂

@Klantvinder.com the Dutch, the Chinese along with various other Asians and even the French thought it seemed dubious at best. Honestly while it's an amazingly resource rich country with some amazing scenery, l think we are all kinda nuts for living here.

​@Mr Hulk Fair point! Thanks for pointing it out, always good to know.

That's Russell Shorto I believe. The book name is "The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America"

@@marcotheunissen8359 Yeah, that's him.

I'm Canadian and one of my 10th great grandfathers, Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen, was one of the first few hundred settlers of New Amsterdam, and an ancestor of both F.D.R. and Martin Van Buren.

@@robertpearson8798 Thats impressive! Ever been to the "motherland" ? Im sure you'll like it

@@ageoflove1980 Not really, there’s probably a couple of million people who can claim the same descent. The Netherlands is one of several places I’d like to visit. Van Deursen (became Van Dusen, Van Duzen, among others) was named for what’s now Deursen-Dennenburg.

Because it was war, before New Amsterdam, this area was a french colony and its name was New Angoulême, New York City had lots of names

Kim Jong-un there's a rumour going around you died Kimmy?

How are you holding up Kim? I heard you were not well.

I second this request...and NYC graffiti culture.

jimmynickelz I don’t think that he was referring to the 5Pointz building in LIC Queens that was covered in Graf Art before it was bought by a developer a couple of years ago. He most likely meant the 19th Century Five Points neighborhood, which was in part of the current Chinatown/Lower East Side. neighborhood. But I’d enjoy a graffiti/breakdancing, early Hip Hop culture origins video, through to the end of the millennium too.