To make a profit off spice trade, but in the end made a profit in fur trade.
There was not a Dutch governor of New Amsterdam in 1964. This year marked the 300th anniversary of New Amsterdam being taken over by the British.
new Amsterdam
New Amsterdam was a DUTCH colony. founded by Petert Stuyvesant. Subsequently it became New York.
The dutch name was: " Nieuw Amsterdam" (new amsterdam)
Dutch
They called it: Nieuw Amsterdam (New Amsterdam)
because they settled there so they named the town new amsterdam and because new amterdam today is Dutch
New Amsterdam is the name of the major Dutch settlement in the new world=D
New Amsterdam
The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British in 1664.
The Dutch founded New York in 1625.. Back then, it was called New Amsterdam, after the Dutch capitol of Amsterdam. It was a trading post at first. In 1664, the British captured it.
That's the other way around. The Dutch founded New York (called Nieuw Amsterdam, New Amsterdam back then).