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New Amsterdam now New York on the Island of Man[hattan]

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Title

New Amsterdam now New York on the Island of Man[hattan]

Subject

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Dutch Americans
Economic history--1600-1750

Description

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.

Creator

I. N. Phelps Stokes

Source

New York City Department of Records and Information Services

Date

circa 1670

Contributor

Tracy McFarlan and Kaitlyn Tanis

Rights

Public Domain

Format

JPG

Language

Dutch

Coverage

New Netherland (1609 - 1664)

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Citation

I. N. Phelps Stokes, “New Amsterdam now New York on the Island of Man[hattan],” Creating Digital History @ NYU, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/fall2016/items/show/3.

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