Welcome to the New Amsterdam History Center Workspace Site.
Materials on this site are made available for all participants in the process of helping to create a site that will present visitors with a Virtual Tour of New Amsterdam.

If you have questions about the material on the site, or wish to make suggestions for additions to the site, please contact:
toyadubin@hudsonarchival.com

Books, Videos, and Paintings on New Amsterdam and New Netherlands currently in publication and available for purchase. 
Many of the authors listed below have been most generous in contributing their expertise and their permission to use scholarly articles or quotes from their books in the 3D model and this website.   We wish to thank them and encourage interested readers to consider purchasing their books to encourage further scholarship.

Books

A Dutch Family in the Middle Colonies, 1660-1800
by Dr. Firth Haring Fabend
http://www.amazon.com/Dutch-Family-Middle-Colonies-1660-1880/dp/0813526906
http://members.authorsguild.net/fhfabend/

Land So Fair
by Dr. Firth Haring Fabend
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Fair-Firth-Haring-Fabend/dp/0595473164/ref=sr_1_1
?ie=UTF8&qid=1249245236&sr=8-1

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Imagine New Amsterdam (Paperback) by Courtney Alfred Haff Ph.D (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Imagine-Amsterdam-Courtney-Alfred-Haff/dp/1439231095/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249245310&sr=8-1

The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-century America (Paperback)
by Jaap Jacobs Jaap Jacobs (Author)
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Learn about Author Central (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Colony-New-Netherland-Settlement-Seventeenth-century/dp/0801475163/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249245549&sr=8-1

Explorers, Fortunes and Love Letters ( Mount Ida Press) (Hardcover) by New Netherland Institute (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Explorers-Fortunes-Letters-Mount-Press/dp/0962536857/ref=pd_sim_b_6

Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch (Paperback)
by Peter G. Rose (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Drink-Celebrations-Hudson-Valley-Dutch/dp/1596295953/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249245503&sr=8-1

Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City (Hardcover)
by Eric W. Sanderson Eric W. Sanderson (Author)
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Are you an author? Learn about Author Central (Author), http://www.amazon.com/Mannahatta-Natural-History-York-City/dp/0810996332/ref=pd_sim_b_1

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America (Paperback)
by Russell Shorto Russell Shorto (Author)
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A Description of New Netherland (The Iroquoians and Their World) (Hardcover)
by Adriaen van der Donck Adriaen van der Donck (Author)
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Are you an author? Learn about Author Central (Author), Charles T. Gehring (Editor), William A. Starna (Editor), Diederik Willem Goedhuys (Translator), Russell Shorto (Foreword) http://www.amazon.com/Description-Netherland-Iroquoians-Their-World/dp/0803210884/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249245624&sr=8-1

Kerry Buckley, the Director of the Historic Northampton Museum
Kerry W. Buckley, ed., A Place Called Paradise: Culture & Community in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1654-2004 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2004)

Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World by Janny Venemahttp://www.amazon.com/Kiliaen-Van-Rensselaer-1586-1643-Designing/dp/9087041969/ref=pd_sim_b_6

Exploring Dutch New York – A historic travel guide http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Historic-Dutch-New-York/dp/0486486370

Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages by Nicoline van der Sijs http://www.amazon.com/Cookies-Coleslaw-Stoops-Influence-Languages/dp/9089641246/ref=pd_sim_b_12

Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America by Eric Jay Dolin http://www.amazon.com/Fur-Fortune-Empire-History-America/dp/0393340023/ref=pd_sim_b_28


Paintings and Prints

Paintings by Len Tantillo, historical painter and designer of digital imagery for the NAHC 3D model: http://www.lftantillo.com/

 

Videos and other

Broadsides – a film about a significant naval battle in the 17 th century:  http://www.broadsidethefilm.com/index.php