Dutch global activities
“New Netherland – the best kept secret in American History”
Religious tolerance, social mobility, ethnic diversity,
a businessmind and even….cookies.
The fascinating legacy of the Dutch as the founders of New York (New Amsterdam) and New Netherland. Since decades Charles Gerhring, presenting this lecture on TEDxHudson, has been translating thousands of original 17th century documents. Paper eyewitnesses related to the first decades of Dutch presence in the area.