Fort Amsterdam in the Days of the Dutch (Classic Reprint)
Author | : Maud Wilder Goodwin |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 2018-02-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780267882892 |
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Excerpt from Fort Amsterdam in the Days of the Dutch After much discussion as to the position of this fort, the settlers finally decided to place it boldly at the very point of the island where their flag of orange and blue might wave defi ance to any alien vessel seeking to penetrate Hudson's River, or any adventurer aiming to appropriate the territory of the Dutch West India Company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.