A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

Explore where New York began and see what is left of Dutch New Amsterdam, New York’s first European colony, in today’s lower Manhattan! In this virtual experience, you will hear about New York ...

The transfer of power from the Dutch to the English was more like a strategic merger, historian Russell Shorto contends.

Some people travel with a particular objective in mind: to find the past in the present. It's an impossibility, of course — you never truly succeed, because the present is so very present. But ...

While the West India Company’s records of the colony of New Netherland are relatively plentiful after 1638, the unique, ...

Ahead of next year’s 400th anniversary of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, the historian and author of “The Island at the Center of the World” offers a walking tour of often-overlooked ...

The New York-Historical Society exhibit was curated by Russell Shorto, author of “The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan & The Forgotten Colony That Shaped ...

Dutch traders had visited the area of North America that is now New York in the early 17th century, but it was not until 1624 that colonists arrived for permanent settlement. By 1660, the colony ...

The European settlement of what would become New York was led by the Dutch, settling along the Hudson River in 1624. They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. When ...

This spring is the 400th anniversary of the founding of New York — or, to be precise, of the Dutch colony that became New York once the English took it over. It’s a noteworthy milestone.

The New-York Historical Society will present "New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam," to mark the 400th anniversary of the Dutch colony's founding.