Old New York yesterday & today . ^xi (©lb ©intB Slaftern ^tgn Y. Courtesy Netv York Historical Society ®IjE <3ftrst ^iE&i of ^eia ^ctrk, 1626-S The first view of New York ever shown to the world. Date depicted, i6a6-8. It was drawn by Kryn Fredericks, engineer of Fort Amsterdam,and for years hung in Peter Stuyvesants Council Room in the Stadt House. It was finally sent to Holland, and rescued from oblivion byAdriaen Van der Donck, who used it in the first book written on New Amsterdam, and published by Joost Hartgers, Amsterdam, in is known as the Hartgers View
Old New York yesterday & today . ^xi (©lb ©intB Slaftern ^tgn Y. Courtesy Netv York Historical Society ®IjE <3ftrst ^iE&i of ^eia ^ctrk, 1626-S The first view of New York ever shown to the world. Date depicted, i6a6-8. It was drawn by Kryn Fredericks, engineer of Fort Amsterdam,and for years hung in Peter Stuyvesants Council Room in the Stadt House. It was finally sent to Holland, and rescued from oblivion byAdriaen Van der Donck, who used it in the first book written on New Amsterdam, and published by Joost Hartgers, Amsterdam, in is known as the Hartgers View. The star shaped structure is the Fort, the site of which is now occupied by our present Custom House.
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