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This article is about the settlement that became New York City. For other uses, see New Amsterdam (disambiguation). The original city map of New Amsterdam called Castello Plan from 1660 (the bottom left corner is approximately south, while the top right corner is approximately north) [show]New Netherland series New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw-Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as capital city of New Netherland. It was renamed New York in 1665 in honor of the Duke of York (later James II of England) when English forces seized control of Manhattan along with the rest of the Dutch colony..............Wankers !
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:45:49 +0000

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