A description of New Netherland
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A description of New Netherland
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The work A description of New Netherland represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- A description of New Netherland
- Statement of responsibility
- Adriaen van der Donck ; edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna ; translated by Diederik Willem Goedhuys ; foreword by Russell Shorto
- Subject
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- 1600-1775
- Dutch
- Dutch -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century
- Early works
- HISTORY -- State & Local
- HISTORY -- State & Local | General
- HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century
- New Netherland -- Description and travel
- New Netherland -- History
- New York (State)
- New York (State) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Travel
- United States -- New Netherland
- West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)
- West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) -- History -- 17th century
- Language
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- eng
- dut
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 974.7/02
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Dutch
- LC call number
- F122.1
- LC item number
- .D6613 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Iroquoians and their world
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