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The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century

The colony of New Netherland : a Dutch settlement in seventeenth-century America

Author, Jacobs, Jaap, 1963-Publisher: Cornell University Press, Pub date: 2009., Pages: xi, 332 p. : ISBN: 9780801475160 Item info: 1 copy available at Franklin Township Library.

While the English colonies in North America are a frequent subject for historians, comparatively little has been written about life in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Focusing on the nuts and bolts of the colony–trade, agriculture, governance, religion, and artisans and industry–Jacobs (formerly affiliated with Ohio University and Cornel … (to read more see “A Look Inside”) 

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