Difference between revisions of "Pieter's in Nieuw Amsteldam"
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− | Nieuw Amsterdam: Original Dutch name for New York. | + | * '''Nieuw Amsterdam:''' Original Dutch name for New York. |
The name Amsterdam is itself from Amsteldam, the Dam on the river Amstel. | The name Amsterdam is itself from Amsteldam, the Dam on the river Amstel. | ||
− | + | * '''Pieter Stuyvesant:''' an early director general of Nieuw Amsterdam |
Latest revision as of 09:48, 16 February 2013
- Nieuw Amsterdam: Original Dutch name for New York.
The name Amsterdam is itself from Amsteldam, the Dam on the river Amstel.
- Pieter Stuyvesant: an early director general of Nieuw Amsterdam