Early American History | New Amsterdam |1| The Perfect Island [1:10:36]

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[SunkenCiv]

Long Island, Staten Island, Harlem, Yonkers, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Wall Street in New York City, NY, are just a few names that remind us of the city's original name, Nieuw Amsterdam. The territory claimed in 1609 by English explorer Henry Hudson on behalf of Dutch East India Company merchants, and lost to the English some 60 years later, has a turbulent history full of rivalry, betrayal, disaster, and wars, many, many wars. 

Early American History | New Amsterdam 
|1| The Perfect Island | 1:10:36 
Defragged History | 19.4K subscribers | 75,649 views | Premiered March 6, 2025

[SunkenCiv]

I'm only about halfway through this, but it's been a lot of fun. I'm not posting a transcript because here and there she'll drop the word "d***" so take that under advisement, and don't put on some big act about how offended you are, Karen.

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[bunkerhill7]

All the records of the Dutch West Indies Company were thrown into the garbage in the Amsterdam in 1820..Source: “Doc. Hist of the State of New York” O’Connaughy 1850

[SunkenCiv]

Wow. The Dutch people around here never threw anything away, unless it was empty beer bottles and cans, which they’d drunk in their basements. 😜