Offers an account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century. This book is suitable for historians, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists.

The result is an indispensable first-hand account with enduring value to historians, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists.

Forward by Russell Shorto
Map of New Netherland
PrefaceA Description of New Netherland:
The Country
Of the Manners and Extraordinary Qualities of the Original Natives of New Netherland
Of the Nature, Amazing Ways, and Properties of the Beavers
A Conversation Between a Dutch Patriot and a New Netherlander Concerning the Condition of New NetherlandAppendix
Endnotes