What's Left of New Amsterdam? (And the Origins of the USA)

[@MarkDDG]

Broadway - > Breede weg Wallstreet - > Waalstraat Harlem - > Haarlem Brooklyn - > Breukelen Coney Island - > Conyne Eylandt Hempstead - > Heemstede Long Island - > 't Lange Eiland Staten Island - > Staten Land Wyckoff - > Wijck Hoff Flushing - > Vlissingen

[@Ramotttholl]

no Heemskerk? XD

[@jorisessen8410]

Isnt conyne = konijnen? Meaning bunny Funny how its spelled so different but sounds the same

[@pedrovascodeoliveiraveriss6293]

Isn't Wallstreet derived from Walstraat, as it was the street inside the wall? In severel Dutch cities there are "Walstraten", all along former city-walls.

[@weetikissa]

@@pedrovascodeoliveiraveriss6293 Yes, it's literally "Wall" street as in the edge of the city and where the fortification was.

[@tiaxanderson9725]

I might be mistaken but isn't it also; dollar -> daalder

[@tijnmoer9136]

Nobody loves videos about the Dutch more than the Dutch

[@danielvh5933]

True

[@TayyebK]

Netshonalism, yeah

[@frits8986]

Very true, I am proud of it

[@JustaGuy1250]

@TwinTurbo Ray boneappletea

[@Loesters]

True

[@sach046]

Als de Engelsen niet waren gekomen konden de Amerikanen dit nu lezen.

[@dirkkruisheer]

Nederlanders doen alles voor geld

[@rubenverheij4770]

@@dirkkruisheer ................................ NY zgn weggedaan, maar wel de straten houden. Slimme zet.* ♟️ ♟️ ♟️ ♟️ ♟️ ♟️ Wel alle luste, maar niet alle lasten van NY. Plus plantages** (in Suriname). Ruil was eiiigenlijk, een prachtige deal! 🧂 .............................. * 1 van die straten is [ Wallstreet ]. **Suiker-plantages

[@ReneF1R]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lilian846]

en waren we allemaal ieta rijker

[@juliaboskamp9666]

En wisten wat echte kaas is

[@tallyboyle9148]

As a British historian... thank you. The influence of the Dutch upon what was to become the United States is seriously under represented in the historical record. Worth considering that when America won their independence the blame for the loss in Britain was not placed on the French for their involvement in the war, but the Dutch. They were the ones responsible for the fighting to spread to three continents, and tied up most of the Royal Navy after all. Great stuff.

[@GeographyGeek]

I appreciate it! I actually talk a little bit about the Dutch impact on the revolutionary war in this video. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/apK7mmaihNJ8eas

[@juwebles4352]

Don't forget how the US was politically speaking inspired by the united provinces of the Netherlands especially the stadtholder whos executive powers inspired that of the presidents own executive powers

[@tallyboyle9148]

@@juwebles4352 true but the stadtholder at the time was a relative of George III. In a delicious irony, the rebellion of the American colonists inspired elements of the Netherlands to push back against the power/decisions of the then stadtholder, leading to them slowly dragging themselves into the war. It was their attempts to join the Russia inspired League of Armed Neutrality that led the English to go 'nope' and declare war, citing Dutch support of the colonists as their reason for it.

[@1LSWilliam]

You nailed it. The Dutch were settling and old score even if they had no realistic hope to succeed Spain's position.

[@mikelabora3470]

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[@sm3675]

Lower Manhattan litterally doubled in land area. Very Dutch indeed

[@TayyebK]

😂😂

[@Johan91NL]

@@hansanders4983 New Holland?? New Netherlands. Holland is something different than the Netherlands.

[@Anders4Anders]

@@Johan91NL Anything after Utrecht is Germany, what are you talking about?

[@Johan91NL]

@@Anders4Anders Funny point, only fails as Utrecht isnt Holland either xD.

[@joskaemck5784]

@@Johan91NL Heel veel Nederlanders noemen NL Holland. Die zouden misschien beter moeten weten. Maar buiten Holland ;) vind ik het al knap als ze één van de twee noemen.

[@charlescorbee9498]

Also the money system is of Dutch origine: Daalder became Dollar Kwartje became Quarter Dubbeltje became Dime Cent stays Cent They did not use: Pound or Shillings

[@Ramotttholl]

sadly when it comes to measurements they did went with the BS Imperial one.

[@Snaakie83]

Both the Dutch Daalder and the US dollar's names have derived from the Joachimsthaler.

[@rogerwilco2]

@@Ramotttholl That's because the Metric system was introduced by the French Revolution, after 1776.

[@corbeau-_-]

still, the rest of the world adopted the system -.- And it can be seen in many things, also in Potassium (which does have the symbol K in the US, thank god). A kind of stubborn identity, opposed against foreign influences, I suppose Capitalism is Dutch in origin, like the stockmarket and making war a profitable investment... Basically the thingies 'we' used to conquer the world as a small nation. The whole reason there is a new Amsterdam to begin with. The English and later the Americans took it to new and absurd levels... At any rate, that is far more impactful as a legacy, than some cities/areas which still carry 'our' names. Oja, GEKOLONISEERD (moetje).

[@corbeau-_-]

Together with the English, we made it possible for banks to lend out over 10 times the money they actually had (to wage war) - also a mental development in our global 'banking' system...

[@beeniemen]

Dutch are engineers such a small country but with a insanely powerful economy hard working people and free spirit enterprise culture love the Netherlands

[@MusicJunky3]

You may stay young man, Dutch greetings

[@KMCDM]

Hard working? Ze lopen alleen maar te zeiken en er komt niks van terecht.

[@tijmen131]

@@KMCDM said no one ever

[@ProvidenceNL]

@@KMCDM Je doet er wel goed in mee gelijk.

[@StefanVeenstra]

@@KMCDM Projectie, projectie. We zijn niet allemaal te lui om te werken. Je bedoelt vast de politiek, dat met 16 partijen de straat aanveegt met de VS haar super democratische 2 partijen stelsel. Hetgeen verandering tergent traag maakt, want uw stem is niet meer dan die van een ander.

[@FearTheOldB]

Man the Dutch basically started the world we know today. Such a small country with such a huge impact.

[@FearTheOldB]

@Van Slede Design The Netherlands is like the 60th smallest country in the world out of +- 200, after all the land reclamation. It was smaller. So it is, and was, definitely relatively small.

[@majesthijmenii1976]

The English started the world we know today. The Dutch were just kind of... Around.

[@FearTheOldB]

@@majesthijmenii1976 What about the VOC? The stock market? Capitalism? Why was it called New Amsterdam and not New London?

[@FearTheOldB]

@@majesthijmenii1976 What about the other examples?

[@DenUitvreter]

@@majesthijmenii1976 Yeah right. The Dutch were the first to end absolute monarchy, renounce the divine right of kings, claim inalienable rights and the obligation of a ruler to serve the people, and the right of the people to get rid of a tyrant. They brought the Spanish Empire with it's feudalism, mercantilism and theocracy to it's knees by being capitalist, egalitarian, have social mobility, women's rights, proto-industrialists, a nation state republic and religious tolerant, with England mostly just being around. Only after the Dutch invaded England in 1688, a plot that involved John Locke btw, Great Britain got it's parliamentary monarchy, religious tolerance, bill of rights and a proper capitalist infrastructure with the Bank of England among other things. The Dutch were about a 100 years ahead, which allowed them to make the 17th century theirs and beat kingdoms with 4 times (England) or 15 times (France) the population size. With England finally catching up with help of being invaded, the larger population started counting and the British Empire took off. It's a bit like the sandwich, once the English came up with word for it they believe they invented it.

[@woutehr5416]

Fun fact: the Brits in New Amsterdam made up a swearword to use when referring to the Dutch. The word is a combination of two typical Dutch names: Jan and Kees. That’s how the word ‘Yankees’ was born

[@jjstewart4341]

Holy shit

[@653j521]

Extremely unlikely.

[@jjstewart4341]

@@653j521 is true lol

[@chrislaarman7532]

Even funnier: "Jan Kees" (like similar abbreviations of "Johannes Cornelis") is still very common in the Netherlands. I know one who tends to react to remarks or questions with "Ja! - Nee!" (Yes! - No!) so I have dubbed him "JaNees".

[@chrislaarman7532]

@@kevinrussell6530 1) "John Cheese" would have been "Jan Kaas" - but I have never heard that in my 65 years in Amsterdam. (To self: no "Cheese shop sketch" involved, no "Cheese shop sketch" involved, no...) 2) Obviously, Dutch does have expressions for not too bright people, expressions containing the name "Jan", and some expression matching both categories. The one most often used may be "Jan Lul" ("John dick" with a lowercase d) in agitated talking about being idle or doing things in vain. Like "Heb ik dat voor Jan Lul gedaan?" ("Did I do that for John dick?", meaning "Did I do that in vain?"). "Jan Doedel" ("John Doodle"?) may be in second place, in expressions like "Wat een jandoedel!" ("What a clumsy person!"). Then there is "janhagel" ("John Hail", hail as precipitation), meaning people of lower social standing (in a British attitude). No brightness qualification, just looking down. Getting carried away (bitter pun accepted): "jandoedel" used to have a Jewish (but not Jiddish, I think) match in "bijgoochem". "Goochem" means "clever", so "by-clever" would mean "next-to-clever". But that belongs to "What's left of Old Amsterdam (Mokum Aleph)?"

[@tammo100]

The US Declaration of Indepence is based on the Dutch "Acte van Verlatinghe" (act of abjuration) from 1581 in which the northern Dutch provinces declared indepence of the kingdom of Spain. It is strikingly similar.

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

True, another fact is that 'Gewest Friesland' the first 'country' was to reconize the USA as an independent country.

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@xXTheoLinuxXx I thought it was Morocco?

[@ericheuvel7864]

Het schip ‘Jagersfontein’ was van het eerste, met de VS vanaf dat moment geallieerde land, dat op de Japanners begon terug te schieten in Pearl Harbor (1941). De banden zijn heel oud. John Adams kwam naar de Republiek voor leningen ivm de onafhankelijkheidsstrijd tegen de UK. Ik meen me een plaquette daarover te herinneren op de gevel van (het) Odeon in Amsterdam.

[@edwinmerks2567]

FYI Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on paper of the Gerrevink papermill in Egmond aan den Hoef, NL. The first declarations were printed with watermarks Honig, Rogge and Blauw in Zaandam, a town north of Amsterdam.

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@xXTheoLinuxXx Interesting, I wonder what the US national monument in Morocco is about. I'll read your article, thanks.

[@simonh6371]

The first US President who had been born in an independent USA (as opposed to being born before independence) was Martin van Buren. His first language was Dutch, he spoke English as a second language.

[@joemontano71]

Don’t forget about the illustrious industrialist, Cornelius Vanderbilt (Van der Bilt). Noted by Abraham Lincoln as “one of the nation’s most generous sons”.

[@joanhuffman2166]

He was the only president we've had whose first language was not English.

[@edwinmerks2567]

Great video! A few remarks: In several old Dutch cities (like Doetinchem, Vlissingen, Arnhem, Deventer) the street name, close to the city walls are called Walstraat. It is quite common. This has nothing to do with Wallonië or the Waal river. The dollar (Dutch coin daalder) and the flag of New York are very Dutch as well. Martin van Buren from Old Kinderhook (OK) was a US president who spoke Dutch in the White House. There are 9 presidents with Dutch ancestors. The American schoolchildren read about the Mayflower, but unfortunately they seldom read about the fact that half on the people on board of the Mayflower have lived in Amsterdam and Leiden before moving with the ship the Speedwell from Rotterdam to Plymouth, the ship was not suitable enough for the long journey. They sold the ship and sailed with one ship (Mayflower) destination New Amsterdam to live in the Dutch colony. That didn't happen. A heavy storm during fall prevented they arrived in the Dutch colony. They landed in the middle of nowhere, the weather was too bad to continue their journey. There is no evidence they had a party with native Americans, but as result: Centuries later (thanks to this storm) most of us are chewing on turkey, during Thanksgiving. : ) BTW is it possible to have a replica of an old Dutch mill back at the corner of nowadays Battery Park, where it was once standing? : )

[@GeographyGeek]

As always, I apologize ahead of time for any mispronunciations. Correction - I said “Henry Hudson set sail to find the Northwest Passage” which is true but only after first looking for the Northeast passage. Ice caused him to turn around and head the other direction to look for the Northwest.

[@AudieHolland]

Your pronunciation of Stuyvesant, containing the Dutch 'ui' sound was pretty good. There's also an old tv series, "Cosmos," by Carl Sagan. If you look up *Carl Sagan Cosmos Holland,* there's more information about Dutch entrepeneurial and scientific spirit during the 17th century.

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you! And I’ll check that out.

[@faramund9865]

Nah you said Willem Kieft quite well. We actually had a Dutch footballer called Wim Kieft. (Wim is short version of Willem)

[@prwtc]

Don't worry about it, Dutch is a rather difficult language.

[@GeographyGeek]

If you enjoyed this video I recommend the book “The Island at the Center of the World” by Russell Shorto. It was the biggest source of information for this video.

[@Paul_C]

You can find multiple books written by Shorto, not only 'The Island .....' but also Descartes' Bones, and Amsterdam. He now has a new book, more autobiographical, and in essence the fascination with the Dutch. You can find a few lectures online about the Dutch Republic, both cultural and political.

[@DenUitvreter]

I didn't read the book but I watched a lecture by him. I like the general idea but I got the feeling he is hampered by not being able to read Dutch sources, like the 'Grand Design' of the WIC, and reinterprets that through an American/British lens and later development of the WIC.

[@GeographyGeek]

@@Paul_C Amsterdam and Revolution Song are on my reading list.

[@wimvandijk6275]

One of my favorite history books, highly recommended!

[@inkydinkyism]

This is such a good chanel thanks man! We live in the Netherlands and my son can learn slot of this thanks!

[@remkojerphanion4686]

Although I am Dutch myself, I know little about the history of Dutch and English settlement of the area now known as New York. Very interesting, thank you!

[@ifer1280]

Waal is also the name of one of the major rivers in the Netherlands. It is the largest distributary of the Rhine, which to this day is a important for trade.

[@rogerwilco2]

Yes, but a very unlikely source of the name Wall Street.

[@Caroline-us1hn]

@@rogerwilco2 Yeah but it might be Walstraat, since that is where the CityWall was...

[@JohnnyWortel]

@@rogerwilco2 I actually think waalstraat is a way more likely origin than walstraat, especially since there's no immediate water nearby which is what the 'wal' in walstraat would be referring to. An important street in a big city being named after the largest river in our country makes way more sense, the waal is just the Dutch part of the Rhine after all.

[@luciferfn]

@@JohnnyWortel I disagree with you (while i lived along the waal for a large part of my life). "wal" in dutch refers to an earthen defence against a lot of things. This may be water, but also enemies. So there does not need to be any water there for the word "wal" to be used. In this case, there was a "wal" along that street as a defence. And it is a very dutch tradition to name streets according to their use (eg. freely translated example like: school-street, church-street, market-street, large-street, named-after-the-place-it-leads-to-street). So while I ofcourse can not exclude the possibility that the street is named after the walloons or the river waal. I'd say odd are best that the street was just named after what ran along it; a wal. which, btw also works in english because what was on top of that wal; a wall....

[@ob1182Goldwing]

@@JohnnyWortel I think that if they found that river the most important one in the Netherlands they would spell the name of the river they're naming it after correctly. I don't think the Waal ever had a different spelling officially.

[@speerboom]

Waalstraat can also be named after a river. It’s a stretch of the River Rhine system and one of the most important waterways in the Netherlands nowadays.

[@alumpyhorse]

I was wondering that as well

[@orionide4032]

@@GeographyGeek Very important river for thousands of years. Romans settled in Nijmegen (Noviomagus).

[@edovandekraats1708]

Just checking is this was already mentioned. Also broadway is a direct translation from bredeweg, and was already a path from the indians. Crazy

[@abel6846]

Naam heeft niets te maken met de waal. Er liep een wal van aarde langs de grens van de kolonie.

[@speerboom]

@@abel6846 In de video wordt gezegd dat de Walstraat soms ook Waalstraat genoemd werd. Waarna hij de Belgische Walen aanhaalde. Wat gezien de naam Waalstraat dus ook de rivier had kunnen zijn. Blijkbaar is het dus niet 100% zeker dat het de Walstraat was, gezien de alternatieve spelling die er zo te zien ook was. Ik geef toe dat een Walstraat logischer is dan een Waalstraat (Belgen of rivier is om het even).

[@skyblueo]

As a New Yorker I thank you for this very well done piece. I work in a college here in New York where over150 languages, aside from English, are also spoken by our student body. And it works. Currently 40% of New Yorkers were born outside the USA. Additionally many New Yorkers moved here from all other states and territories. And it works. I think that acceptance of diversity is one of the great legacies that the Dutch gave New York. BTW, the colors of the flag of New York City are the orange, white and blue of the Dutch flag of the 1600s.

[@phillipsanchez4192]

Great post. Aside from a deep dislike of the Yankees I have, a relic of my youth and likely born of sour grapes because I am an Angels fan, I have found that my life experience overseas for the better part of 30 years now has made New York the most likely place for me to return to if I should decide to return 'home'. I have only been to NY a few times, but I am always impressed with the diversity of languages and people, the edgy way people joke with each other and the intelligent wit, not to mention the range of experiences people can find within the state no matter what they enjoy doing. Though you'll never see me in pinstripes, I would love to live in New York as a bucket list highlight, or maybe as my final travel destination.

[@skyblueo]

@@phillipsanchez4192 And the food is damn good and you can eat a different kind of food every night, if you want (and the budget can provide).

[@daniel06498]

Wow its fun to see how many things have been the same

[@MrRezRising]

Don't forget Orange County! 🙂

[@misterivo4141]

Great vid! well made and shown. As a Dutchman this makes me very proud! I have been in America too and New York! As a Dutchman it was nice to visit and it felt like home! keep up the good work, bro! Greetings from the Netherlands ;-) And i hope you can visit our Amsterdam soon ;-)

[@RDLondon2023]

So interesting to watch as a Dutch person but also very good to know the Dutch heritage as an American!!

[@user-uu1nw1bl9j]

well thats not for you to decide

[@MLWitteman]

Such a great video! The influence of Dutch culture & values certainly is underrated in the US school system. Perhaps another point often missed, are the travels of the Founding Fathers to the Dutch Republic. Many ideas found their way from the shores of the Low Lands to the New World. Like the Dutch version of the Declaration of Independence: The Act of Abjuration (1581).

[@koens2578]

Another fun fact: broadway translates to "breede(or brede) weg", which means "wide road" (also visible on the map as the widest road) in Dutch. It was once used by the indians as a connection road between their village and the hunting ground.

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

The Brodway was originally a beaten path across Manhattan.

[@CapitalTeeth]

Not many people in the U.S seem to realize exactly how close the U.S was to becoming a Dutch speaking nation.

[@f.jansen5198]

You sure you don't mean German?

[@Raadpensionaris]

It wasn't at all, New Amsterdam was a backwater and the multiple English colonies possessed far more population. This America was nearly Dutch myth should die

[@eliteexpression]

@@f.jansen5198 not even close

[@dirkkruisheer]

@@f.jansen5198 German, I think

[@f.jansen5198]

@@eliteexpression well there was a vote that was close to either speak german or english in the new world cause of the many german people who went to amerika.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

Pause at 6:40 for a while and appreciate that incredible painting. So life-like, it's hard to believe it's not a photo! 🎨

[@judydoyle1124]

I believe that is a Len Tantillo painting. He does historical paintings after extensive research. Worth checking his extensive work!

[@danielmasters5484]

Awesome. I’m looking forward to future videos on the Dutch Colony. Thank you!

[@cseguin]

I find it kind of funny that people believe the Puritans left England for religious freedom . . . they didn't. They left because they wanted to be the ruling religious faction and the rest of England told them to bugger off because they were authoritarian with their beliefs. They left England because they couldn't be the one's who were the oppressors.

[@pegph4988]

Missing church on Sunday was a whipping offense. That says it all.

[@nuclearrainz9457]

I learned some new things about my county. Awesome

[@henksteen5349]

They actually had a voting if they should talk dutch or english and on two votes it became english, can't imagine going to newyork and just speaking dutch

[@stg2543]

Haha

[@stefangrobbink7760]

Aan de ene kant zou dat best grappig zijn, maar aan de andere kant maakt het het bestaan van de Verenigde Staten een stuk lastiger, als in de meest invloedrijke stad een compleet andere taal gesproken wordt.

[@DarkDutch007]

it might have become its own language like Afrikaans after some time.

[@TonySlug]

Until the early 20st century there were still church services in Dutch language on the east coast.

[@amusesmouseion4654]

I suggest that all New Yorkers should learn Dutch on primairy school. LOL

[@markusg6238]

There are several Dutch settlements all along the Hudson River. The original name of my hometown is a Dutch settlement called Fort Orange (Albany)

[@stephanw7770]

The Declaration of Independence is dutch in origin too. Full on translation of Het plakkaat van verlatinghe

[@FBI-Banzai7]

Dankje wel voor de leerzame video, nu weet ik dat ik nog trotser op mijn land kan zijn❤️🇳🇱

[@ELMS]

The algorithm just brought me to your channel. It’s terrific. Your videos are nice and concise. I’ve subscribed.

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you! I’m happy you found me

[@exetrius2918]

Yes, I also came here to collect some praise for my country. :) This video kind of blew my mind! The Dutch curriculum, iirc, also doesn't really connect New Amsterdam to the greater American story. It's beautiful to see how the culture of tolerance has been tested many times, but has always prevailed; despite the changes of flag and the passing of centuries. And see where that brought New York!

[@rfresa]

One thing this video didn't mention is the very obvious (and very Dutch) impact the people of New Amsterdam and their descendents had on the island of Manhattan itself. Just look how much bigger it is now than it was then!

[@model101t800]

The painting @12.07 is actually onboard the Speedwell and not the Mayflower, in the background you can see Delft harbour, now a part of Rotterdam. I think many people thought they left from England. Lately I found out that the rivers I daily ride with my little recreational boat (the Vliet and the Schie) is actually called the pelgrim route (from Leiden to Delft Harbour)

[@Tervicz]

You forgot to mention the origin of the "Yankee's" which originates from New Amsterdam and some of its most prominent names: Jan and Kees.

[@GeographyGeek]

I may mention that in a future video I have planned. From the sources I read, the origin appeared to not be agreed upon but that was one possibility.

[@ezandman6804]

"Jan and Kees" or "Jannekes" I thought. Interesting topic. :-)

[@hermanhelmich]

Interesting fact. Thnx

[@JohnHyland2]

I’m sorry to say I did not know this about the Dutch and NYC. Glad I found this channel!

[@johnferdon6525]

Fascinating! Thank you for such a detailed video. My peoples rolled into New Amsterdam in 1680 , interesting to learn more about the area., there’s not much on the topic.

[@lordsleepyhead]

Make no mistake: religious tolerance of the Dutch in New Amsterdam was very much an economic practice that they exported from their home country. It just so happened that the influx of Jews and Hugenots during the 80 years war help the old Netherlands grow into the economic powerhouse it became in the 17th century, and they weren't about to throw that philosophy overboard in their New World colony.

[@freddeagostino4038]

Outstanding ! And as far as I'm concerned, "The Island at the Center of the World" should be required reading in the school curriculum.

[@dutchman7623]

Historically an INN is not a BAR. A village or town inn in the Netherlands was a place where: - officials and messengers would get a meal and stay the night - the Schout (head of police and local judge) would have his sessions on Tuesday - the local Council would meet on Thursday - the Tax collector would have his sessions - people with money or real estate would marry and sign their official contract - transactions of some importance would be made - last wills would be read and inheritance would be divided - etc. etc. All events were public and registered by the local Secretary, who would keep record of them in the archives. It was the community center before a dedicated village or town hall was build. And even after that for semi-official meetings and gatherings. The bus stop for the post coach, and coaches to other towns. Doesn't mean you couldn't have a beer or a good glass of wine, which became core business later on. Most inn keepers were brewers of their own beer as well, and sold wine from the barrel for home consumption.

[@dannyvanhove8420]

"Wal' is Dutch for a rampart forming part of the defensive boundary of a settlement. So it's more plausible that the street name was originally "De Wal straat". The other theory of Peter Minuit, the Belgian "Waal", is less plausible in my opinion. Although he bought Manhattan in 1626 and became the first Governor, as a Belgian he was too modest to name a street after him. However, there is still a Peter Minuit Plaza in Manhattan (South), which is not that far from Wall Street.

[@jorisw_]

Agreed. More likely than Waal as in Walloon, would be Waal as in the large river in the south of the Netherlands.

[@Eben948]

Fun facts from the "Netherlands-United States relations" page on Wikipedia: * The Dutch/US alliance has been continuous since 1776 and is considered one of the oldest continual bilateral alliances in the western world * In 1982 Reagan called it "the longest unbroken, peaceful relationship that we have had with any other nation" * In 2011 Obama stated "we have no stronger ally than the Netherlands"

[@robertburke3230]

It is due to the New Amsterdam Dutch that we eat cookies in the US and not biscuits.

[@Nomad137-FJC]

Thank God!

[@df5295]

President Martin Van Buren was decended from Dutch settlers from upstate NY. I remember reading that he spoke Dutch. I think he was from a place called Kinderhook, NY. A lot of Dutch settled along the Hudson River and the Catskill mountains.

[@danielvh5933]

Well you deserve much more subscribers. Love the video. Keep up the good work (and content)

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

My ancestors lived at 31-35 Stone Street in the 1600s.

[@d3vkid]

Check the map at 15:24 at the bottom : the map is called "Novi Belgii", "New Belgium". At the time it stood for the fusion of current Belgium and the Netherlands.

[@bisschops99]

After some lookups: The map is from 1656-1684, (current day) Belgium was still part of the Netherlands at that point (and will be for the next 100+ years). With the south called "Belgica Regia" and the north "Belgica Foederata" (aka modern Netherlands). So looks like that word comes from there. Interesting!

[@ludwigvanel9192]

Having been in NYC, I learmed more about Dutch colonial history by walking the streets, than I did in school

[@gregorybrennan8539]

Great video. Thank you for your hard work. Note: Staten Island has several Dutch sructures so dose Queens all part of NY City.

[@captain_fork657]

Nice to see a video on New Amsterdam; my my first ancestors to arrive to the Americas did so in 1650, on Dutch Merchant Ships, to New Amsterdam. Some time after the British took the city from the Dutch for the final time, my ancestors created homesteads across Modern NY State. One of their later homesteads still survives as a museum today; the Terwilligear or Twilligear (Modern Spelling) house/homestead. (Correction; arrival in 1651)

[@chicks-on-the-loose]

Could have derived from Terwillige or Terwilligen > Terwilgen. The prefix 'ter' is Dutch/Flemish and means in, on or upon. Willige(n) could mean a place with many willow trees, as a willow is wilg in Dutch.

[@captain_fork657]

@@chicks-on-the-loose Interesting, my Dutch heritage is definitely one of the areas I haven’t taken time to look too deeply into, besides those first arrivals. A Dutch couple who lived at my grandparents retirement home when they were still alive would say “Terwilligear” instead of Twilligear.

[@chicks-on-the-loose]

@@captain_fork657 A thing immigrants would do - as you probably know - is name their new settlement after the place they came from. Hence Harlem, Brooklyn and what have you. There is a Terwilligen in Flanders.

[@mcjiprock]

As a Dutch person I can assure you our history holds a lot of information about how to and how to not do stuff. But I consider this a essential part of history. These “tiny” things made a huge impact on the also “tiny” population at the time. Those same people and impacts have shaped the main forms of the world as we know it today. Of course I wouldn’t be Dutch if I would t consider the Dutch influences mayor ;). So I do.

[@mcjiprock]

Also there is a part in Amsterdam called the Wallen what most likely is the origin of the name Wallstreet. This has to do with the word walls. Now I must admit I was not there to see it with my own eyes. But I would put my money on this option.

[@tubulzr]

Great video (coming from 'Old' Amsterdam). I've read that a form of Dutch (Jersey Dutch) was spoken in the Hudson area, until the 1920's. Manhattan became English after the 2nd Dutch-English war (treaty of Breda) and was traded for modern day Suriname and an island in the Indonesian archipelago.

[@wowt]

Moral of the story: Never tax beaver and beer.

[@GeographyGeek]

When people say “we study history so we don’t repeat the same mistakes” this is what they mean.

[@finnscheringa5415]

Very cool ! Thanks for sharing this topic. Greetings from the Dutch :)

[@StefanVeenstra]

A “wal” is an earthen embankment often used as fortification around Dutch cities. It's pronounced similarly to the English word “wall”, which is probably why the double L stuck.

[@user-uu1nw1bl9j]

well yes he just explained that in the video thanks for pitching in though

[@StefanVeenstra]

@@user-uu1nw1bl9j Just adding that a wal and a wall, despite being similar in pronunciation, aren't the same thing. A wal is nothing more than a quay or dike, whereas a wall, or muur in Dutch, is the vertical structure of a building.

[@dekasplant]

@@StefanVeenstra .. or a "stadswal" (the origin of wal in walstraat) and thus a "wall". A vertical structure protecting the inside area from outside forces

[@edwinmerks2567]

There are several historical towns in Holland with the street name: Walstraat.

[@Wuppie62]

@@edwinmerks2567 In the Dutch city of Nijmegen there are the Eerste Walstraat, Tweede Walstraat and Derde Walstraat. They follow the old fortifications around the old city center. In Dutch we say "Een wal opwerpen", which means "To build a rampart".

[@wplaat]

really nice video. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!

[@jst4572]

As I NYer I think that if the Dutch kept the city and I was still alive today with the same family, how cool would it to likely be bilingual speaking Dutch and English?

[@gorgonzola8084]

You’re never to old to learn mate, never to old. Let’s start with a Dutch city name “Scheveningen” Mate, you’re still there ? Mate ?

[@iggysixx]

I'm from Amsterdam, born & raised. Didn't know about some of these things. You missed a couple obvious names, though; Harlem = Haarlem (the capital of North Holland province), a city 20km from Amsterdam. And Brooklyn = Breukelen, a city near Utrecht. And I think there's a lot of naming schemes that come from the Amsterdam area as well.. Like "naming places or roads for the thing that they are for"; Kerkstraat = church street, aka 'the road that leads to church'. Molenweg = mill road. Haarlemmerweg = Harlem road; 'the road to Haarlem' (that's actually a 4fold one. From the city centre, it's 'Harlem St, onto Harlem Dyke, onto Harlem square, through Harlem gate (where Amsterdam's city wall used to be), then onto Harlem road. And BOOM, 20 km later you're in Haarlem ;) Brouwersgracht = brewer's canal = where most beer brewer's + warehouses were. Westerstraat = west street Dam = dam. Damrak... 'Rak' = a straight bit of water for boats. 'De wallen' (red light district) = the walls. Middenweg = the middle road. Just like Wall Street is where New Amsterdam's city wall was, and Broadway is a 'broad way' = brede weg = wide road. Looking at London, a lot more streets are named after Christian saints and so on. While here in Amsterdam, we didn't take kindly to most organized religion. Focus was on trade, not religion (but what you do in your own home is your business). So most important names revolve around specific trades, market places, or where to find stuff (where can I find this trader / item, how do I get to Haarlem / Utrecht). Oude Kerk, Nieuwe Kerk, Noorderkerk, Zuiderkerk, Westerkerk = Old / New / North / South / West Church. (And if ya don't like it, the Gallows Field (Galgenveld) is over there... ;)) As you move away from Amsterdam to the East or South, it gets more religious, also in naming of streets.

[@Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst]

We are busy people I can tell you that. I am proud of the works and history The Kingdom of The Netherlands has made over the past centuries.

[@redsampler2017]

das prima willem ga nu maar weer lekker op je griekse prive-strand zandkastelen bouwen en dijken en kanalen graven ;-)

[@Boris82]

@@redsampler2017 Das ook niet erg aardig he

[@redsampler2017]

@@Boris82 oh jawel hoor, maar willem moet af en toe ook gewoon lekker hobbyen en niet tijdens zijn vakantie ook nog eens bezig zijn met het landsbestuur en goodwill kweken, en dan ook nog eens op youtube reageren, neemt die man dan nooit rust.? dus gewoon weer lekker met je afstandbestuurbare boeing 737 verder spelen willem. wij nemen het zolang wel voor je waar. :-)

[@Boris82]

@@redsampler2017 Lol

[@specimensaudio5054]

Alleen was nederland een republiek niet een monarchie

[@mrbutch308]

I think the contributions of William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania - while noted very briefly - is almost dismissed and overlooked. There is a reason why the Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, etc. happened in Philadelphia and not in New York. The Dutch were there too before the British, although the Swedish were the first colonizers in that region.

[@GeographyGeek]

I don’t mean to dismiss or overlook him but there are a few reasons it wasn’t a major part of the video. William Penn came decades after the other colonies so while he played a major role in American thought I didn’t put it in same category as other colonies that the US often considers its origins. Religious freedom already existed in the colonies before William Penn. He was also half-Dutch on his months side so Dutch culture surely had an influence on his ideas which I probably should have mentioned in the video. I think the choice of Philadelphia had more to do with that it was closer to the center of the colonies and it was the largest in colonial America at the time. The Dutch were actually the first colonizers in that region as well though they never had a strong presence.

[@mrbutch308]

@@GeographyGeek Actually to be precise it was Swedish who were the first colonizers - it was the colony of Nya Sverige, which was centered in present day Wilmington, Delaware, but included most of Delaware, southern New Jersey up to Trenton and southeastern Pennsylvania. The Dutch took over the colony from the Swedes, who in turn lost it to the British. When Penn "founded" Philadelphia it was already a European town with two generations of Europeans living there.

[@GeographyGeek]

@@mrbutch308 Actually, the Dutch put settlers in the Deleware River Valley first and claimed the region as part of New Netherland but later pulled them out and consolidated them on Manhattan Island. The Dutch still claimed the territory even after they had no settlers there. They would later take it from Sweden.

[@mrpddnos]

Waal is also the name of a river in The Netherlands.

[@damiaanspatrick2050]

From 1615, the territories located between Virginia and New England will indifferently bear the name of New Belgium (Novum Belgium, Novo Belgio, Nova Belgica, Novi Belgii) or New Netherlands. The word Belgium refers to the ancient Netherlands, which then included part of northern France and Lorraine, Belgium, Luxembourg et present-day Netherlands. Its inhabitants were called the Belgians. In fact, many maps from the 16th century showed this territory under the name of Belgium. The name subsequently fell into disuse for the benefit of the Netherlands, and only reappeared in 1789 on the occasion of the first Belgian revolution. Several seals from this era recall that the territories around the future New York bore the name of New Belgium. A first seal from 1623 bears a beaver - before the arrival of settlers in 1624, the region had been exploited mainly by trappers - encircled by the words ‘Sigillum Novi Belgii’. As for him, the seal of New Amsterdam from 1654 bears the mention ‘Sigillum Amstellodamensis in Novo Belgio’. In 1626, Pierre Minuit, governor of New Belgium, became famous for buying Manhattan Island to the Manhattan Indians, in exchange for trinkets and other trifles, namely the equivalent of 60 guilders (24 dollars). Pierre Minuit was a Walloon, born in Wesel (Reinland). His parents, from Tournai (Hainaut), had settled there in 1581, to escape religious afflictions. He would himself become a deacon of the Walloon Church. => On 20 May 1924, to mark New York's tricentenary, a memorial was erected on Battery Park, in the southern part of Manhattan, in tribute to the Walloon settlers.

[@bjdamn]

What did you smoke??

[@koobie83]

I’m Australian, but am descended from the Dutch who settled in New Amsterdam. I only found that out in the last couple of years. It may be worth looking into why many of the Dutch chose to fight for the Red Coats in the American revolution. When the lost, many of the Dutch descendants packed up and left the USA and moved to Canada. Early in your video you said the British agreed to protect them. This could be why they felt more loyal to Britain than to the US. They were granted land in Ontario, and were awarded with honorific titles (United Empire Loyalist - or UEL for short). So maybe this part of the Dutch history might be relevant to your future videos because many chose to fight against the Patriots and moved to Canada after the war.

[@Joker-no1uh]

The Dutch supported and supplied the US against the British along with the French and Spanish. Maybe you mean American loyalists of Dutch ancestry. But the Dutch definitely did not like the Britsh, especially at that time. They probably just saw the British Empire being more stable and more profitable than a new nation. But made a bad call in the end.

[@dannyjones3840]

I grew up in the Bronx, and love NYC history! Thank you for another great video, and now I have to go to The Fraunces next time I visit

[@LogiForce86]

The origins of the United States of America might be a mix but the foundation is 100% Dutch. Even the United Kingdom has its Dutch influences since their Glorious Revolution, as William of Orange and his wife Maria Stuart took over by support of the citizens of the United Kingdom, but that's a whole video in itself. Because that would lead to the split in Ireland that we still see today, and has caused mayhem as late as the 1990s'.

[@BeLittleBeHumble]

Great vid! Hope that more people will be open to these historic events.

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you! Hopefully so!

[@imcavdb5465]

Ik wist het meeste, maar leuk om nog een keer te horen. 👍🏻🌷🇳🇱

[@j.b.3825]

The sculptor of the Charging Bull was brilliant Sicilian artist Arturo DiModica who had a studio on Crosby Street for decades. There was also a huge sculpture of a bronze pony pulling its own tail in front of a cafe in West Broadway and Houston throughout the 80s and 90s (for all my Gen X New Yorkers out there). The story was that he couldn’t get the permits to erect a sculpture at the Bowling Green location, so he decided to just move it into place at that location one night without notifying anyone. As he told it, the people making the decisions didn’t know art and anyway they’d love it when they saw it. It was a celebration of American and New Yorker economic fortitude, which he admired. He rolled with the rich art crowd of 80s NYC. He “admired creative powerful forces” which was why he loved working in NYC.

[@Hmm-iv6to]

Good and interesting video! Well done would love to see more.

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!

[@BradyPostma]

I love _The Island at The Center of the World_ by Russell Sharto! I'm delighted to see it was one of your sources. There's a typo in your description, though. In the title of the book, you put "the World" twice.

[@GeographyGeek]

Oh thank you! Great book! I am currently reading his book on Amsterdam.

[@maud3444]

Manhattan was bought by the third gouvernor, Peter Minuit who was actually a Belgian and not even Dutch. In the early days most settlers were Flemish or frenchspeaking Belgians who fled their country after the war with the Spanish. Minuit bought the island of what he thought were the locals, but they turned out to be just passing native Americans. He basicly just gave them gifts and they couldn't care less he wanted to set up a colony on Manhattan. Other tribes were living there. Also, the furs became a problem.. no one wanted to do any farming. Every settler went straight for the easy money: furs! This was one of the reasons the colony never got like really big, even after conquering New Sweden (which was also founded by that same Belgian, after he got replaced by the more famous Peter Stuyvesant and he got himself enlisted by the Swedes to get back at the Dutch who fired him). Pity New Amsterdam didn't stand the test of time :(

[@kellydalstok8900]

The Netherlands and Belgium were one nation until 1830.

[@GBG56]

Slaperd nederland was belgie vroeger

[@AML2000]

@@kellydalstok8900 On the face of it, you are incorrect. What is now the Netherlands and Belgium started out as part of the Holy Roman Empire. This Empire was a loose collection of de facto independant principalities, and there were quite few in the low countries. Over time, these little countries came under the control of the Duke of Burgundy, but remained seperate entities. When the House of Burgundy died out, the area was taken over by the Hapsburgs who then acquired Spain through marriage. In the mid 16th century, the Spanish and Austrian branches of the Hapsburgs split, with the low countries going to Spain. After the Protestant areas revolted, and the southern part was reconquered by Spain, what is now Belgium became the Spanish Netherlands, seperate from the United Provinces in the north. When the Spanish Hapsburgs died out at the end of the 17th century, Austria acquired the southern part and it became the Austrian Netherlands. During this whole time, the Archbishopric of Liege remained an independant ecclesiastical state. After the mess of the Napoleonic Wars, the new Kingdom of the Netherlands was given the whole shebang. The future Belgians didn't like the arrangement and declared independance in 1830. So Belgium and the Netherlands were one country for only 15 years.

[@dewaarheidiserghard789]

small sidenote: the 'waal' street as named by the dutch was 99% sure named after a primarily dutch river the Waal, a branch of the Rhine and not named after some britisch area.

[@comdutch]

Brooklyn, like Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The name is an English corruption of the name of the Dutch city called ‘Breuckelen’ at that time. I wonder if many Americans know this: Brooklyn flag with the coat of arms on it still reads: "Eendraght maeckt maght" (Old Dutch for ‘unity is strength’) supporting the city's Dutch roots.

[@conorsimpson3525]

Superb video! Thanks!

[@Daveys010]

The Dutch had such a big influence in the origins of the US. It’s a shame that when I go on vacation to the US and a local asks where I’m from, they have no clue which country I mean when I say that I’m from The Netherlands. I almost always have to explain that I’m from a little country in Europe

[@user-uu1nw1bl9j]

o no what a suffering

[@Daveys010]

@@user-uu1nw1bl9j o no what a childish comment

[@Erika1965]

I was 3 times in the US, and my experience is completely the opposite! Always there was a relative who had lived in the Netherlands, or they knew about tulips and wooden shoes. Or a young person would refer to weed... Also back then the tragic disaster of the planecrash in The Bijlmer was known. Only times one didn't know was because a lot of Americans don't travel anywhere, not even without there own state.... Just recently I learned that a lot of Americans believe the world outside the US is a dreadful place to go :-(

[@haechiwr]

Lol sad

[@EddieBronkhorst]

I now understand where Manhatten comes from. Translated to Dutch Manhoeden. Because of the bevers made waterproof hats for men they called it Manhatten (Manhoeden)

[@niconesta8566]

Ty as a Dutchman I always wondered, I only knew we traded it for Surinam which is always joked about as the worst deal we ever made. But it was part of a peace deal with England I now understand.

[@eldin0074]

At the time it was a pretty good deal, surinam had a lot of plantations, unfortunatly that was also the cause of the biggest stain on the Dutch republic, the slave trade. I always wonder what the course of history would have been if New Amsterdam had stayed Dutch...

[@TomSistermans]

@@eldin0074 probably would've been taken over by the English around the Napoleonic wars or bought by the US before or after

[@momsom321]

@@eldin0074 The time was also way different. Back then Holland had a king in power and there was alot of poverty which lead to alot of civilians dying from hunger and disease.

[@PeterJavi]

@@eldin0074 If the English had somehow decided to not give up the chance to conquer a very profitable city and trading port (which just never would have happened), it would have been given up before 1776. While the Netherlands certainly weren't poor or weak, they couldn't have ever held a proxy war. At that point in time it was far more profitable to focus on spice monopolies, which they did.

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@eldin0074 For starters, America would have talked Dutch. Secondly, KZbin would have been called: Joubuis.

[@mdbissen]

A good follow on video/study would be Nieuw Haarlem at the NE corner of Manhattan. Still some street patterns are present... Would begin to expand the story,

[@lukez5117]

There is 176 spoken languages in old Amsterdam right now.

[@bertramkool]

De Waal is a dutch river. De Waalstraat refers to this river, it has nothing to do with wallonie (wich is in belgium).

[@weetikissa]

No, it was Walstraat as in Wall Street, where the city wall was.

[@fxmachina9072]

And might I add, Wallonië at the time was part of the lage landen (hapsburgse rijk) @bertramkool The kingdom of Belgium was founded in 1830.

[@YouthAmphia]

@@fxmachina9072 funny how today is independence day in belgium (independence from the dutch) plus as a dutch kid i’m on vacation in belgium

[@landamaika93]

No it s from the old castle's wall built bèy the dutch to defend the village, there is still the print of this dutch wall on the road in Manhattan somewhere

[@ggamergg666]

I've swom in de Waal.

[@JohnJB-et1cw]

Waal is a river in the Netherlands. Many streets in the Netherlands are called after rivers. In Amsterdam and Utrecht you can also find a Waalstraat.

[@MrNoodlot]

That beverface at 0:33 is so hilarious.

[@ltvanburen8555]

Great video!🌻

[@robertewalt7789]

The Dutch influence continues in place names in NYC, nearby counties, and up the Hudson River.

[@robertewalt7789]

Many Dutch place names, including Brooklyn, Harlem, Spuyten Devil.

[@rigididiot]

In the remark about "Waal straat" or "Wal straat", it should be noted that "Waal" also is the name of one of the two major rivers in the Netherlands...

[@AudieHolland]

LOL, sounds like Stuyvesant didn't just hate the English. He hated everyone, except those members of his own religious denomination. Dutch religious tolerance came into being for a simple reason: it made the Dutch Republic incredibly rich and prosperous. Got great ideas? Don't believe in the true God? Come over to Holland, bring your ideas and even your religion, and let's make money!

[@alumpyhorse]

yep. well said.

[@AudieHolland]

@ⲀⲒϢⲚⲒⲀ ⲚⲒⲔⲎ Calvinism. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. But also: If you're predestined to be saved, you can do anything you want!

[@AudieHolland]

@ⲀⲒϢⲚⲒⲀ ⲚⲒⲔⲎ We all have our own beliefs. Some believe in science as the new religion. Other fools believe in economy etc. Traditional religions or ´new religions` are no different in my opinion. They all prevent from having to use one´s own brain.

[@AudieHolland]

@ⲀⲒϢⲚⲒⲀ ⲚⲒⲔⲎ I really have no clue what you're talking about.

[@DenUitvreter]

Nonsense. Relgious tolerance was codified in 1569 in the Union of Utrecht, which became the de facto constitution of the Dutch Republic. This was at the time that all Dutch, protestants and cathollics, had had enough of the torture, the burning alive of the Spanish Inquisition and the Spanish troops going around killing and pileaging. The Dutch branche of protestantism was tolerant by it's nature, not because it wasn't fanatic but because it was about bible reading and an individual relation to god, that could never be forced upon someone. The catholics were also too free spirited to have their belief in god dictated and forced upon them by a Spanish zealot.

[@shootingsportstransparency7461]

And dont forget one of the most used and influence Dutch words in America is Fuck from the old Dutch word Fock, meaning breeding "-)

[@GeographyGeek]

I didn’t know this, thank you lol

[@shootingsportstransparency7461]

@@GeographyGeek 😉

[@blokkie6741]

Reading this commemt section, its like 90% dutch people speaking in english about some facts that only dutch people and people that study the netherlands would be mildly interested in. (Im dutch to), 8% americans interested in the origens of new york, And 2% people that are stoned a.f.

[@GeographyGeek]

😂

[@ageofconsent246]

I am from Indonesia and I interested in Dutch history

[@GeographRick]

Charleston, SC was also a religious tolerant city. It has the 2nd oldest synagogue in the US, a French Huguenot Church and many other Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Baptist When I went to school in the 1970s and 1980s. The New Amsterdam Colony was covered in our American History classes. I find it sad that some are leaving that important piece out. It was also pointed out in literature like Washington Irving's books, that includes Dutch characters.

[@dutchman7623]

Henry Hudson wasn't send by the VOC to find the North-West passage but the North-East passage. But when they came to the North of Norway there was so much ice that the crew was afraid to get locked in by the ice in the Barentsz Sea, so Hudson decided to go West. His patrons were in fur trade, his ship, the Halve Maan, was a ship used for that trade on the East Sea to Russia. That is why finding high quality fur was so important. It could break the monopoly of the Moscovian Company. When New Amsterdam was granted city rights, this meant that the inhabitants (those who paid taxes) had representation rights. The governor wasn't in full power anymore over the city, but only about WIC affairs. The influence of the Dutch was not only in New Amsterdam but over New Netherlands that stretched far more land inwards. A 'wal' in Dutch doesn't translate into 'wall' in English. It means a low vertical barricade of wood or stone, with a dike of earth behind it that can resist canon balls. This low barricade at the foot prevents attackers from running up the artificial hill and stops heavy equipment to be dragged up.

[@GeographyGeek]

Oh shoot! I actually knew that and somehow missed the poor wording when going over the script. Thanks! I’ll add it in the description. I guess I’m going to have to learn Dutch because Google translate keeps failing me.

[@dutchman7623]

Your loyal followers will like to see your video's because they are very accurate, but sometimes need a small remark. 😉

[@tommarsdon5644]

Wait, but that third one, isn't that just a description of a wall?

[@dutchman7623]

@@tommarsdon5644 This is what it looked like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jarVmXSubLV6p9k or this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faiXaIava8ebaZY The earth works (sand/clay) and the small foot of wood or brick, together form a 'wal' in Dutch. They can absorb a canon ball without difficulty, a city wall would break and be blown away.

[@alumpyhorse]

@@GeographyGeek tip- something that works a lot better for me than Google translate is Deepl. It’s pretty amazing so far

[@Peanutbetter27]

In New York, New Netherland does take up a lot of the elementary school curriculum. But people from neighboring states seem to know next to nothing about it if they know it existed at all.

[@greenmachine5600]

True

[@michaelmartin4552]

Actually, there is one structure that remains, but it is not on Manhattan. The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum is located in Brooklyn, and dates back to around 1650. The area was still New Holland at the time, so it does date to the Dutch era before it became New York.

[@takker9705]

Born and raised in Beverwijk I am very pleased to see it mentioned. Only 50000 habitants small.

[@BramWalraet]

"Wal" is more likely to come from "border" then the Walloon region in Belgium. De "Wallen" (pl) is etymologically linked to a hard border, often at the sea-side or a city. As in a "rempart" in French.

[@MrGreidie]

What I find funny is the outlining of the roads on the charts shown. They look so typical dutch. You start with a church and a marketplace than one draws circles and build the rest

[@patrickverlinden71]

"They discovered natives that were willing to trade" That's the very beginning of the New York international trade markets.

[@brothberg]

The Sephardi cemetery from the Dutch period is still there. For security reasons, you can only look at it from the street, but not go in.

[@TheMiscexpense]

Waal is actually a big river that runs through the southern part of the Netherlands

[@tyvamakes5226]

The Maas river

[@j.m.b.7449]

And here I live in the Netherlands near the unimpressive original Brooklyn (Breukelen) bridge. Very nice video ty

[@godver555]

Im Dutch and I knew some small parts of this, but there is much here new to me and I really enjoyed this video!

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!