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2 unusual facts about Adriaen van der Donck


Adriaen van der Donck

Van der Donck is a central figure in Russell Shorto's The Island at the Center of the World, which argues, based on newly translated records from the colony, that he was a great early American patriot, forgotten by history because of the eventual English conquest of New Netherland.

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Adriaen van der Donck (1618–1655), lawyer and landowner in New Netherland



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