The Dutch
The Dutch
The Dutch
New Netherlands is the original settlement name for New York
The city of New Amsterdam, founded by the Netherlands, later became New York City. Although the Netherlands was not able to become a colonial power in the western hemisphere, because it was squeezed out by Britain and France and Spain and Portugal, still, New York City is by most standards a success. The Netherlands accomplished something.
1614
Spain founded Spanish Florida. England founded Virginia. The Netherlands founded New York.
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to create a new settlement
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New Orleans.
Plymouth.
New York, originally!