Hvor bosatte hollanderne sig i den nye verden?
New Amsterdam (nederlandsk: Nieuw Amsterdam) var en nederlandsk bosættelse fra det 17. århundrede, der blev etableret på den sydlige spids af Manhattan Island og fungerede som hjemsted for koloniadministrationen i New Netherland. Factorij blev en bosættelse uden for Fort Amsterdam. Fortet lå på den strategiske sydspids af øen Manhattan og skulle forsvare det hollandske vestindiske kompagnis pelshandelsaktiviteter i North River (Hudson River). I 1624 blev det en provinsudvidelse af den hollandske republik og blev udpeget som provinshovedstad i 1625.
New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The factorij became a settlement outside Fort Amsterdam. The fort was situated on the strategic southern tip of the island of Manhattan and was meant to defend the fur trade operations of the Dutch West India Company in the North River (Hudson River). In 1624, it became a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic and was designated as the capital of the province in 1625.
New Amsterdam