The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Founding of New York
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Released to colleague as holiday reading in Mallorca. Off to a flying start !
Before New York was New York, and briefly after New York was New York, the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam nestled on the pointy end of Manhattan Island.
A heady maelstrom of colonial, Dutch and European history centred on a rock off the coast of America.
Interesting to discover the origins of familiar names like Harlem, Wall Street and coleslaw !
Before New York was New York, and briefly after New York was New York, the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam nestled on the pointy end of Manhattan Island.
A heady maelstrom of colonial, Dutch and European history centred on a rock off the coast of America.
Interesting to discover the origins of familiar names like Harlem, Wall Street and coleslaw !
