Abridgement of the author's work previously published in English under the title: New Netherland.
Introduction : "a blessèd country, where milk and honey flow"
Reconnaissance and exploration
Population and immigration
Authority, government, and justice
Trade, agriculture, and artisans
The Reformed Church and the others
Burghers and status
Living in a colony
Epilogue : "it has pleased the Lord [to ordain] that we must learn English."
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The colony of New Netherland : a Dutch settlement in seventeenth-century America by Jaap Jacobs. ISBN 9780801475160. Published by Cornell University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
