New Amsterdam was the 17th century Dutch colonial town that later became New York City.The town developed outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherlandterritory (1614–1664) which was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude as a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic from 1624. Provincial possession of the territory was accomplished with the first settlement which was established on Governors Island in 1624. A year later, in 1625, the first settlers arrived on the southern tip of Manhattan; in 1626 construction of a citadel comprising Fort Amsterdam was commenced.[1] See more at Wikipedia.org...
Noun 1. a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York (hypernym) colony, settlement
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