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The island at the center of the world : the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12...

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Main Author: Shorto, Russell.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Minuit, Peter, > 1580-1638.
Stuyvesant, Peter, > 1592-1672.
Donck, Adriaen van der, > 1620-1655.
Dutch Americans > New York (State) > New York > History > 17th century.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > History > 17th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > To 1898.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
Biographies.
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Call Number: SCS F 128.4 .S56 2004
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