History of New Netherland

 Links to webpages that cover the history of the Dutch Colony of New Netherland. Many of the pages below are just part of larger websites which may also be of interest.

• The Story of New Amsterdam (New Amsterdam History Center)
• A Brief Outline of the History of New Netherland (Louis Jordan, Nancy Curran)
• About New Netherland (UC Berkeley Dutch Studies) 
• What Was New Netherland (New York State Library)
• A Tour of New Netherland (New Netherland Institute) 
• New Netherland Becomes New York (Digital History) 
• Dutch Colonization (National Park Service)
• Charter of the Dutch West India Company (The Avalon Project, Yale Law School) 
• The Dutch in New Netherland and the United States 1609-1909 (published in 1909 by the Netherland Chamber of Commerce in America, online at Digital Commons@University of Nebraska) 
• Dutch New Amsterdam (Smithsonian National Museum of American History) 
• The Middle Colonies (Radford.edu)
• Researching New York's Dutch Heritage (New York State Archives) 
• Street Plan of New Amsterdam and Colonial New York (Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1983)
• New York Under Dutch Rule 1609-1664, 1673-1674 (Historical Society of the New York Courts)
• New Amsterdam Surrendered to the English (History Today) 
• The End of New Netherland (University of Groningen) 
• The New Netherlands Colony and Dutch Influence (David J. Mudrak, Lit and the City. This page is a brief overview with some links to other sites and a couple of book suggestions) 
• The Dutch, Munsees and the Purchase of Manhattan (Paul Otto, George Fox University)
• Dutch Influences in America and On English (Zoom In On America, May 2015. More in the line of fun facts than scholarly info, but you might pick up something you didn't previously know)
• Dutch Place Names in the U. S. (The Atlantic World. In both English and Dutch. Locations are in New York with a couple of exceptions. Certainly not a complete list)