Adriaen van der Donck A Description of New Netherland (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Description of New NetherlandCondition: NewISBN-10: 0803232837EAN: 9780803232839ISBN: 9780803232839Publisher: University of Nebraska PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/01/2010Description: This new edition and original translation of a tract by Dutch settler and lawyer van der Donck makes more widely accessible a document crucial for understanding the history of Dutch colonization in North America. . . . This document is an important primary source for students and researchers in colonial Dutch history, the settlement of New York and North America more generally, and the understanding of Indian cultures in the Northeast. —J. Mercantini, Choice 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, and accessible writer, Van der Donck was ideally situated to write about his experiences and the natural and cultural worlds around him.Van der Donck’s Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant was first published in 1655 and then expanded in 1656. An inaccurate and abbreviated English translation appeared in 1841 and was reprinted in 1968. This new volume features an accurate, polished translation by Diederik Willem Goedhuys and includes all the material from the original 1655 and 1656 editions.The result is an indispensable first-hand account with enduring value to historians, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists.  Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Adriaen van der DonckTranslator: Diederik Willem GoedhuysContributor: Russell Shorto (Foreword by), Charles T. Gehring (Edited by), William A. Starna (Edited by), Diederik Willem Goedhuys (Translated by)Genre: HistoryBook Series: Iroquoians and Their WorldRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: A Description of New Netherland

Title: A Description of New Netherland

ISBN-10: 0803232837

EAN: 9780803232839

ISBN: 9780803232839

Release Date: 01/01/2010

Release Year: 2010

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Translator: Diederik Willem Goedhuys

Contributor: Diederik Willem Goedhuys (Translated by)

Genre: History

Number of Pages: 204 Pages

Publication Name: Description of New Netherland

Language: English

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Publication Year: 2010

Item Height: 0.6 in

Subject: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Native American

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 9.5 Oz

Item Length: 8.4 in

Subject Area: Travel, History

Author: Adriaen Van Der Donck

Item Width: 5.5 in

Series: The Iroquoians and Their World Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback