🎧 New Amsterdam
🎧 American History Hit • 36m
Before New York was New York, it was New Amsterdam. Dutch colonists arrived on the East Coast in the early 17th century, creating the New Netherlands. At its heart was a settlement on the tip of the island of Manhattan, centred on the fur trade. Russell Shorto tells Don how New Amsterdam became integral to all trade between Europe and the New World, becoming a version of the multicultural melting pot that is the (renamed) city today.
Produced by Benjie Guy. Mixed by Joseph Knight. Senior Producer: Charlotte Long.
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