The settlement was called New Amsterdam and was build to protect and trade beaver skins (in those days it was used to make water proof hats) for the West Indian Company, (in Dutch West-Indische Compangie).
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
The Cape Colony was the only tiny part of South Africa that was ever a part of the Dutch Empire and in fact that may not even be accurate, as the Dutch East India Company claimed it themselves.
dutch..he was from belgium
its probably dutch
The Dutch never settled the Connecticut region.
Yes, they sold different spices and gold during 1979 and was a dutch colony!
Connecticut colony
The Dutch sold their colony of New Amsterdam to the English, and this colony eventually became New York.
The answer is that it is dutch
The Dutch called this colony New Amsterdam.
The english seize the dutch colony of new netherland by driving the dutch out of new netherland. P.S this might be wrong
New York