A forgotten American founding father: Adriaan van der Donck - 3/4

If you think the United States was just the result of group of conservative pilgrims fleeing persecution, you're wrong. Part of the United States can be traced to the revolutionary, free and open Dutch Republic. And no American exemplified the spirit from that time as well as Adriaan van der Donck, who foresaw what New Amsterdam, now New York, could one day become.

This is part 3 in a series of 4.

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New Amsterdam Tour
Part 1. Why do Americans know so little about their Dutch history? Video
Part 2. What's left of New Amsterdam in Lower Manhattan? What's left of New Amsterdam in Lower...
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Thanks to Carl Sagan's Cosmos for inspiring part of the voiceover for this episode.

This video is with kind thanks to Labrys Reizen in the Netherlands, Russell Shorto, and all people who took the tour.

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