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This edition of "A Description of New Netherland" provides the
first complete and accurate English-language translation of an
essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch
colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth
century. Adriaen van der Donck, a graduate of Leiden University in
the 1640s, became the law enforcement officer for the Dutch
patroonship of Rensselaerswijck, located along the upper Hudson
River. His position enabled him to interact extensively with Dutch
colonists and the local Algonquians and Iroquoians. An astute
observer, detailed recorder, and accessible writer, Van der Donck
was ideally situated to write about his experiences and the natural
and cultural worlds around him.
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