Shorto knows ancient New York like few others and makes it come alive in a way that the best historians do. I can't wait to get to the city and experience this exhibit.
For anyone with an interest in early Niue Amsterdam / New York and the surrounding lands, Mr Shorto's book, mentioned in the description box, _The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America,_ will most likely find the book enthralling. I know I did. (We still have a lot of Dutch imprint on us from their time as colonial owners - "donuts" being just one thing.
Awesome but brief. Colonial slavery, native decimation and removal are rabbit holes. I live in the city of Yonkers which is classified as an inner suburb of New York City. It was part of a 1639 Dutch West India Company land purchase. Colon Donck (Donck’s Colony) was the 1646 land grant just north of Manhattan island along the Hudson River and continued 12 miles north. Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck built his estate at today’s Van Cortland Park. Donck was given the courtesy title Jonkheer (young lord). The city’s name Yonkers is derived from that. Van der Donck wrote detailed accounts of the land, vegetation, animals, waterways, topography, climate and inhabitants.
@@eduardvandijk3431 - As great as his book is, it's not "a coffee table book". @emiliog.4432 may be looking for larger scale illustrations than a small format book can offer.
