The Origins of New Netherland. Interpreting Native American Responses to Henry Hudson's Visit

Bibliographic Data

ID11280810
AuthorsPaul Otto (0000-0001-7129-3021, Indiana University, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume18
Issue2
Pages22-39
Publication date1994-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueItinerario (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-1153 • E-ISSN: 2041-2827
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0165115300022476
OpenAlexW2095924666
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

When Adriaen van der Donck wrote A Description of the New Netherlands in 1655, he rightly pointed to Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage and discovery as the foundation of Dutch claims to the North American territory. Presumably arguing on the basis of the right of first discovery, he proposed that local Indian lore supported the fact that the Dutch-employed Englishman had been the first to discover and explore the Hudson River. As a settler in New Netherland, Van der Donck had often heard the native inhabitants claim that before Hudson came they had never seen such a thing as a European ship

Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Foundation (evidence · Genealogy · Native american · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Philosophy

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