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This is a draft of a coat of arms for New Amsterdam that wasn't approved. Inspired by the coat of arms for the city of Amsterdam, this design shows the imperial crown between two beavers instead of two rampant lions. This illustration first appeared…

Portrait of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Director General of New Netherland. He was in office from 1647 to 1664.

This print of New Amsterdam was developed from an original watercolor drawing circa 1670. This image was printed in I. N. Phelps Stokes' book "The Iconography of Manhattan Island" in 1915.

This is a photograph of New York Harbor today.

Map of New Amsterdam based on an original that has since been lost, which was created in 1660 by Jacques Cortelyou who served as Surveyor General of the early Dutch colony.

Letter from November 5, 1626 from Pieter Schagen to the States-General, Dutch West India Company Administrator, which mentions the purchase of the Island of Manhattan. The island was said to be traded with the Native Americans for goods equivalent to…

Believed to be a portrait of Adriaen van der Donck, a political leader in New Netherland. The provenance of this image has been questioned but there are no other existing portraits of van der Donck.

Wood nutmeg grater carved with male figure, basket of tulips and scrolled foliated designs; pierced iron grater inset on opposite side. This item from New Netherland illustrates that the settlement traded for spices not native to the area.

The articles of capitulation surrendered New Netherland to English rule. The agreement contained provisions that maintained certain rights for the settlers, such as freedom of religion and property rights. These articles helped ensure that key…

This is a drawing of New York City Hall.