A Description of New Netherland

a descr ip t ion of ne w ne ther l a nd

The Iroquoians and Their World e di t or s José António Brandão William A. Starna

a de s c r i ption of n ew nether lan d adr i aen van der d onc k

Edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna Translated by Diederik Willem Goedhuys | Foreword by Russell Shorto

University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln and London

© 2008 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ Map on page xxiv courtesy of New York State Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Donck, Adriaen van der, –. [Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant. English] 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. p. cm. — (The Iroquoians and their world) Includes bibliographical references and index. ?I8D      (cloth: alk. paper) . New York (State)—Description and travel—Early works to . . New York (State)—History—Colonial period, ca. –
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