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View of the IJ and 's Lands Sea-arsenal in Amsterdam, 1664 by Reinier Nooms The glass roof of the courtyard inspired by the compass rose and rhumb lines on old nautical charts. The museum is housed in a former naval storehouse, 's Lands Zeemagazijn or Admiraliteits Magazijn , designed by the Dutch architect Daniël Stalpaert and constructed in ...
Shortly thereafter, he leased a bouwerie in New Amsterdam [10] and managed it until 1636, when he was granted a patent of several hundred acres on Long Island. He called his plantation "Achervelt"; later it served as the founding of the town of New Amersfoort, named after Gerritse's original home. [3] Today the area is known as Flatlands.
The Duke's Plan includes two outlying areas of development on Manhattan along the top of the plan. The work was created for James (1633–1701), the Duke of York and Albany, after whom New York, New York City, and New York's Capital – Albany, were named just after the seizure of New Amsterdam by the English. [44]
The Riverside Memorial Chapel is an American Jewish funeral home chain with their main facility at 180 West 76th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. [1] The company has been owned by Service Corporation International since 1971.
SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a Dutch transatlantic ocean liner that was built in 1938 and scrapped in 1974. She was the second Holland America Line (Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, or NASM) ship to be named after the former Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, now New York.
Obit is the first documentary [citation needed] to look into the world of newspaper obituaries, via the obituary desk at The New York Times. Writers are interviewed as they research and compose obituaries, including one for William P. Wilson, who coached John F. Kennedy on his historic TV debate with Richard Nixon, [4] and one for Dick Rich, who developed ground-breaking advertising for Alka ...
This is a list of museums in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam: The Allard Pierson Museum The Amsterdam Museum The Anne Frank House The Joods Historisch Museum Huis Marseille , oldest photography museum in Amsterdam The Nederlands Filmmuseum The Stadsarchief Amsterdam Museumwoning Tuindorp Oostzaan [ nl ] Wereldmuseum Amsterdam Verzetsmuseum
She was admitted to the ship's hospital, but died two days after leaving Rotterdam. The Second Class chief stewardess took care of Mrs Bakker's three children, who were aged five, seven, and nine. Nieuw Amsterdam ' s Master, Captain Baron, intended for Mrs Bakker's body to be buried at sea. Passengers raised a fund of $200 for the family, and ...