ePub David Remembered: Kingship and National Identity in Ancient Israel by Joseph Blenkinsopp in History

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This edition of A Description of New Netherland provides the first complete and accurate English-language translation of an essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century. Adriaen van der Donck; a graduate of Leiden University in the 1640s; became the law enforcement officer for the Dutch patroonship of Rensselaerswijck; located along the upper Hudson River. His position enabled him to interact extensively with Dutch colonists and the local Algonquians and Iroquoians. An astute observer; detailed recorder; and accessible writer; Van der Donck was ideally situated to write about his experiences and the natural and cultural worlds around him.