Adriaen Van Der Donck

Description of New Netherland (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gehring, Charles T.; Starna, William A. / Übersetzer: Goedhuys, Diederik Willem

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This edition of A Description of New Netherland provides the first complete and accurate English-language translation of an essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century. Adriaen van der Donck, a graduate of Leiden University in the 1640s, became the law enforcement officer for the Dutch patroonship of Rensselaerswijck, located along the upper Hudson River. His position enabled him to interact extensively with Dutch colonists and the local Algonquians and Iroquoians. An astute observer, detailed recorder, and accessible writer, Van der Donck was ideally situated to write about his experiences and the natural and cultural worlds around him.Van der Donck's Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant was first published in 1655 and then expanded in 1656. An inaccurate and abbreviated English translation appeared in 1841 and was reprinted in 1968. This new volume features an accurate, polished translation by Diederik Willem Goedhuys and includes all the material from the original 1655 and 1656 editions. The result is an indispensable first-hand account with enduring value to historians, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska Paperback
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803219397
• Artikelnr.: 55972275

Autorenporträt

Charles T. Gehring is the director of the New Netherland Project with the New York State Library and the coeditor of numerous collections of original documents from Dutch New Netherland. William A. Starna is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the State University of New York College at Oneonta and a coeditor of Iroquois Journey: An Anthropologist Remembers (Nebraska 2007). Gehring and Starna coedited A Journey into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635: The Journal of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert and (with Dean R. Snow) In Mohawk Country: Early Narratives of a Native People.   Diederik Willem Goedhuys is a native of the Netherlands and thirty year resident of South Africa. In addition to having knowledge of Dutch, Afrikaans, and English at his disposal, he also spent several months at the New Netherland Project in Albany, New York, where he had access to the best reference sources for the translation of a seventeenth-century publication.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Publication History of Adriaen van der Donck's A Description of New
Netherland
Map of New Netherland
A Description of New Netherland:
The Country
      Where New Netherland Is Situated
      When and by Whom New Netherland Was First Discovered
      Why This Territory Was Named New Netherland
      The Dutch, the First Possessors of New Netherland
      The Limits of New Netherland and How Far They Extend
      Of the Coast, Foreshore, and Seaports
      The South River
      Of the North River
      Of the Fresh River
      Of the East River
      Of the Various Waters and Their Shapes
      Of the Formation and Soil of the Land
      Of Wood and Vegetation
      Of the Fruit Trees Brought Over from the Netherlands
      Of the Vineyards
      Of Vegetables Generally
      Of the Flowers
      Of the Medicinal Herbs and Indigo
      Of Agriculture and Field Crops
      Of the Minerals and the Kinds of Earth and Stone
      Of the Paints and Dyes
      Of the Animals in New Netherland
      Of the Wild Animals
      Of the Avifauna, Aquatic and Terrestrial, and First the Raptors
      Of the Terrestrial Birds
      Of the Aquatic Birds
      Of the Fish
      Of the Poisons
      Of the Wind
      Of the Air
      Of the Seasons
Of the Manners and Extraordinary Qualities of the Original Natives of New
Netherland
      Their Bodily Shape, and Why They Are Called Wilden
      Fare and Food of the Indians
      Of the Dress and Ornaments of Men and Women
      Their Houses, Castles, and Settlements
      Ways of Marriage and Childbirth
      Of Suckling, and the Relations between Men and Women
      Ways of Burial, Lamentation, and Mourning
      Their Festivities and Special Gatherings
      How Human Beings and Animals First Came to That Country
      Of the Different Nations and Languages
      Of Money and Their Manufacture of It
      The Innate Character and the Pastimes of the Indians
      Their Bodily Care and Medicine
      The Farming, Planting, and Gardening of the Indians
      Special Account of Their Hunting and Fishing
      Distinctions of Birth, Rank, and Quality
      Of Their Warfare and Weapons
      Of Their Administration of Justice and Penalties
      Of the Universal Law of Nations
      Of Gifts and Offerings
      Of the Indians' Government and Public Policy
      Their Religion and Whether They Can Be Christianized
      Of Their Sentiments regarding Hope of Afterlife
      Of the Knowledge of God and the Fear of Devils
      Their Thoughts on the Creation and Propagation of Mankind and Animals
in the World
Of the Nature, Amazing Ways, and Properties of the Beavers
A Conversation between a Dutch Patriot and a New Netherlander concerning
the Condition of New Netherland
Appendix: A List and Suggested Identification of the Latinized Plant Names
Recorded by Adriaen van der Donck
Notes
Index