Nieuw Amsterdam ofte Nue Nieuw Iorx opt ' Teylant man

Title: Nieuw Amsterdam ofte Nue Nieuw Iorx opt ' Teylant man
Subject: New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Description: Original description:
" An early picture of New Amsterdam made in the year when it would swop 'ownership' and become New York."

The image depicts New Amsterdam at the southern tip of present-day Manhattan looking northwards in 1664. This was the same year that the land would be taken by the English. Take note of the aspects of the settlement which mark it as a Dutch space such as the flags, the houses, and the windmill in the distance.
Creator: Johannes Vingboons
Date: 1664
Source: Johannes Vingboons, “Nieuw Amsterdam ofte Nue Nieuw Iorx opt ' Teylant man, colored print, 1664;
available at Library of Congress, http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?intldl/awkbbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(awkb012367))
Rights: Fair Use
Type: colored print
Format: .JPEG
Language: Dutch
Coverage: Colonization, Settlement, and Communities (1607–1763)
Publisher: National Library of the Netherlands
Contributor: Alejandro McGhee