New Amsterdam in 1660 (Detail)
Bowling Green, New York.
[Peter Stuyvesant and slaves arriving in New Amsterdam.]
1653-1664 Amsterdam in New Netherland
Peter Stuyvesant, the fourth and most famous of the Dutch Governor - Generals was appointed in 1647. It was his lot to be obliged to surrender New Netherland to the English in 1664.
"New Amsterdam becomes New York" - The English captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664 and re-named it New York in honor of the Duke of York.
Peter Stuyvesant's Army Entering New Amsterdam
New York About 1626-8. The Hartgers View, Amsterdam, 1651
Peter Henderson & Co.
Fac-simile of Plan of the City of New York in 1789.
Map of the original grants of village lots from the Dutch West India Company to the inhabitants of New-Amsterdam (now New-York) lying below the present line of Wall Street.
Complete Surrender.
[Plaque for Peter Stuyvesant's pear tree.]
The Peweter Mug Tavern, 1860
Plan of New Amsterdam about 1644
[Construction of the Empire State Building.]
Amsterdam in New Netherland The City of the Dutch West India Company
A Plan of the City and Environs of New York