1 New Amsterdam was renamed New York in the 17th Century.

2 Major Cities: Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Corriverton.

3 Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam in 1647.

4 On the liner bound for New Amsterdam people are always filled with anticipation.

5 The Dutch colony of New Netherland consisted of parts of modern New York (New Amsterdam) and New Jersey.

6 They call it New Amsterdam, the Netherlands in the name of Amsterdam.

7 New Amsterdam as a whole in Britain's naval fire control.

8 By 1640 , New Amsterdam was spiraling into chaos and corruption.

9 It was the 2)Algonquian Indians that first gave this island its name, but they pronounced and spelled it Manahatn. Later it became known as New Amsterdam and, finally in 1664, as New York.

10 Manhattan was the site of the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.

11 At one point, the Dutch -- eager to improve their profits -- produced their own wampum in Holland, hoping to use it back in New Amsterdam to trade with the natives.

12 The fur trade flourished and the Dutch city of New Amsterdam was established on Manhattan Island.