A Description of New Netherland
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A Description of New Netherland is a 17th-century ethnographic and geographic account that vividly portrays the land, peoples, and colonial life of the Dutch colony in North America.
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| A Description of New Netherland canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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ethnographic work ⓘ geographic account ⓘ historical document ⓘ |
| author | Adriaen van der Donck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| contains | maps and geographic descriptions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| describes |
Dutch settlers in New Netherland
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Native American customs ⓘ colonial life in New Netherland ⓘ economy of New Netherland ⓘ flora and fauna of New Netherland ⓘ fur trade in New Netherland ⓘ geography of New Netherland ⓘ indigenous peoples of the region ⓘ landscape of the Hudson River valley ⓘ |
| documentedIn | early American colonial historiography ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Hudson River region
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Long Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ New Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial history
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travel literature ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Description of New Netherland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalValueFor |
history of New York
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history of the Dutch in America ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later histories of New York and New Netherland ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | readers in the Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| isPrimarySourceFor |
environmental history of the Hudson Valley
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ethnography of 17th-century Native Americans in the mid-Atlantic region ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dutch colonization of North America
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New Netherland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1655 ⓘ |
| purpose | to promote settlement in New Netherland ⓘ |
| setting |
Dutch colony of New Netherland
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North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | Dutch colonial period in North America ⓘ |
| writtenByNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupation | lawyer ⓘ |
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Adriaen van der Donck