Difference between revisions of "Pieter's in Nieuw Amsteldam"
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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 may be Pieter Stuyvesant, an early director general of Nieuw Amsterdam | Pieter may be Pieter Stuyvesant, an early director general of Nieuw Amsterdam | ||
Revision as of 13:26, 26 July 2006
Nieuw Amsterdam: Original Dutch name for New York. The name Amsterdam is itself from Amsteldam, the Dam on the river Amstel.
Pieter may be Pieter Stuyvesant, an early director general of Nieuw Amsterdam
