Direct Verzonden From New Amsterdam to New York: The Founding of New York by the Dutch in July 1625 – Dirk Barreveld

It is hard to imagine that today’s New York started hardly 400 years ago as a tiny Dutch settlement named New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. The Dutch bought the place for US$ 25, a bargain they thought. For the Dutch, who ruled the world at that time, it was not an important place, but only a trading post for beaver and otter skins. The first Dutch governors were not very successful in developing New Amsterdam into a profitable trading or colonizing venture.
The last governor, Pieter Stuyvesant, appointed i…