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A description of New Netherland /
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 Leid...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Iroquoians and their world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 176 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-170) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803219397 0803219393 1281958492 9781281958495 9786611958497 6611958495 |