"This New York City Map Is Full of Dutch Secrets" Topic
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Tango01  | 21 Nov 2024 4:46 p.m. PST |
"FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THE Dutch established the colony of New Amsterdam on the southern tip of the island of Mannahatta. A map of the settlement circa 1660, known as the Castello Plan, offers a birds-eye view of a thriving community of about 1,500 people. There are houses, businesses, extensive gardens, windmills, piers, and boats bobbing along the rocky coast. Near the southern end of the island stands Fort Amsterdam flying the flag of the Dutch West India Company. On the western side, a broad way stretches north from the fort toward a wall that crosses the island from east to west…" More here
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| Augustus | 28 Nov 2024 3:26 a.m. PST |
So..where is the Lost Dutch gold then? |
| 42flanker | 28 Nov 2024 10:18 a.m. PST |
Follow the yellow brick road |
| Tango01 | 28 Nov 2024 3:54 p.m. PST |
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