Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643) : designing a new world / Janny Venema.
2010
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Title
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643) : designing a new world / Janny Venema.
Other title
Designing a new world
Created/published
Hilversum, the Netherlands : Uitgeverij Verloren/State University of New York Press, 2010.
Description
352 p. : ill., maps, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Associated name
Summary
"The purpose of this book is to provide more insight into Kiliaen van Rensselaer as a driving force behind the peopling of New Netherland, and thus to better understand his motivation for colonization, in the hope that this may contribute to a broader knowledge of the development of New Netherland"--P. 13.
Note
"Published with financial support of the New Netherland Institute"--verso of title page
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-335) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgments
A new home
Learning to become a merchant and jeweler
To work!
Greed and romance
Ideals and reality (1610-25)
Pursuing an idea
1629: Lord of Rensselaerswijck
Reflections
List of abbreviations
Appendices
List of archival sources
Bibliography.
A new home
Learning to become a merchant and jeweler
To work!
Greed and romance
Ideals and reality (1610-25)
Pursuing an idea
1629: Lord of Rensselaerswijck
Reflections
List of abbreviations
Appendices
List of archival sources
Bibliography.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State).
Call number
DJ411.A57 V46 2010