Towne of Mannados or New Amsterdam - September 1661, 1664
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This map illustrates the city of New York (Towne of Mannados or New Amsterdam). It was presented to the future James II, shortly after the English captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664. Probably copied from a map made for Dutch authorities in 1661 by Jacques Cortelyou, the map shows the Battery, as well as the town walls from which the name "Wall Street" is derived. This resource is referenced in the EDSITEment lesson "What They Left Behind: Early Multi-National Influences in the United States." Less
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Grade: 3 to 12
Topics: History-Social Science, United States History, Geography, World History
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