Learn about Oratam and the Council Chamber: Learn about Skiwias and the Stadhuis: Don’t want to watch the videos? Read the scripts here! Video 1: When the Europeans came to what would become New York, there were already many groups of Native Americans living in the area. The Hackensacks were one such group, part of the Munsee, who had occupied a large territory and were made up of three clans:... more
Learn about Jacob Steendam and a House on Pearl Street: Learn about Teunis Cray and a House on Brewer Street: Scripts Don’t want to watch the videos? Read the scripts here! Video 1: As an important Dutch trading post, many Europeans immigrated to the colony. One of them was Jacob Steendam. Steendam, born in 1616 in Germany, moved to the Dutch Republic and worked for the West India Company (WIC).... more
Learn about Mayken van Angola and Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant’s House: Learn about Reytory Angola and the Dutch Reformed Church: Scripts Don’t want to watch the videos? Read the scripts here! Video 1: Mayken van Angola is one of the earliest recorded African residents in New Amsterdam. She would have most likely been brought to the colony in 1627 after being captured from a Portuguese vessel where she had been enslaved.... more
Learn about Nicasius de Sille and the Stadhuis: Learn about Pieter Tonneman and the Stadhuis: Scripts Don’t want to watch the videos? Read the scripts here! Video 1: Nicasius de Sille was the second most powerful official of New Netherland, after the Director General. De Sille was born in Arnhem in 1610, as the son of one of the Burgomasters of the town. He had already made a career as... more
Learn about Cornelis Steenwijck and 27 Pearl Street: Learn about Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt and the Brewery: Scripts Don’t want to watch the videos? Read the scripts here! Video 1: The town of New Amsterdam was born as an economic hotspot. When Henry Hudson arrived in New York Bay in 1609, he found a land rich with furs, fish, and plants. From 1624, settlers employed by the West India Company... more
Order here your copy of the NHF research “Dutch’ Colonial Forifications in West Central Africa” The New Holland Foundation presented the first report of the “Atlas of Dutch Presence in Angola” to Ambassador Isabel Resende Enconge. The publication is the first step to more activities, such as exhibitions and seminars, in the coming years.
This report, written by Jaap Jacobs, comprises a preliminary survey of significant colonial fortifications during the decades of Dutch colonial involvement with West Central Africa. Download the PDF: Dutch’ Colonial Fortifications in West Central Africa ca. 1600 – ca. 1684 Or order your hardcopy: Dutch Forts in West Africa
In samenwerking met het Nederlands Vestingmuseum, Castle of Good Hope en IZIKO Museums of South Africa, organiseerde de NHF twee workshops over Betwist Erfgoed in Kaapstad. Financiering kwam van het Nederlands Consulaat in Kaapstad omdat met het project Roots & Wings de culturele banden worden aangehaald door middel van co-creation. De workshops waren opgezet door Dr. Lodewijk Wagenaar en hebben geresulteerd in een korte film.
Dutch only. This article is about Dutch and Portuguese colonial architecture in Brazil. The article is published in ‘Verre forten, Vreemde kusten’ Click here for the full article Order the bundle? Click here.
Dutch only: This article is about Dutch fortifications in the Americas. The article is published in ‘Verre Forten, Vreemde Kusten’. Click here for the full article Want to order the bundle? Click here.
In 1654 the Dutch were driven out of their former colony New Holland in the northeast of Brazil. They fled to what was called the ‘Wild Coast’ in the northern part of South America between de Orinoco and the Amazon, which was known as Guyana. Despite the French takeover and English sackings, the colony remained alive until 1676. The colony was protected by a fortification. The location was confirmed in... more
A publication by NHF researcher Erik Muller about the development of the transportation of passengers to the Dutch East Indies in the first half of the nineteenth century. In the decades after the abolishment of the Dutch East Indian Company, the shipping links between the Netherlands and its colonies in the East deteriorated. The Netherlands obtained the Dutch East Indies colony by force in 1811 but was occupied by the... more
With this special tour you follow in the footsteps of Johan Maurits and you can enjoy how the ‘Tempo dos Flamengos’ was incorporated in the Brazilian multicultural society. However, the trip would not be complete if we did not visit Rio de Janeiro, the host of the 2016 Olympic Games. There is also an option to visit the waterfalls of Iguaçu. This is an ideal trip to get a nice... more
Few Dutch people know that, Johan Maurits, the former governor of Dutch Brazil (1630-1654), is regarded as a hero in Brazil. There is even a statue of him in Recife Praça da Republica. Children are given the name “João Maurício ‘and’ Nassau is used a lot for names of Brazilian schools, streets and businesses. You can find many traces of him, especially in the Northeast of Brazil. Who was this Nassau and why... more
“From Pavonia to the Garden State: New Jersey’s Dutch Past,” the 39th Annual Conference of the New Netherland Institute, will take place in the state of New Jersey. Located between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, New Jersey has often been neglected in favor of more dramatic developments to the east and west. However, as the site of Pavonia, an early patronship with major agricultural potential, and as the geographic connection between... more
A publication by NHF researcher Erik Muller about the development of the transportation of passengers to the Dutch East Indies in the first half of the nineteenth century. In the decades after the abolishment of the Dutch East Indian Company, the shipping links between the Netherlands and its colonies in the East deteriorated. The Netherlands obtained the Dutch East Indies colony by force in 1811 but was occupied by the... more
Our newsletter is out again! In this newsletter you can read everything about the New Holland Foundation, the new projects we are working on and what we accomplished this year. You can read our newsletter by following this link.
José Manuel Santos Pérez researched the Spanish archives for the NHF to contribute to Atlas of Dutch Brazil. The results of his investigation can be found in his report ‘Dutch Colonial fortifications in Brazil (1600-1654), preliminary inventory. Historical research in Spain. Contributions to the Atlas of Dutch Brazil.’ You can find the PDF of this report here.
Dutch Colonial Fortications in North America 1614 – 1676 Historical research in the Netherlands and the United States of America Contribution to the Atlas of Dutch North America 1 PDF Dutch Colonial Fortifications in North America Or order your hardcopy here: Dutch Colonial Fortifications in North America
In line with the Atlas of Dutch Brazil and the Atlas of Dutch North America, the New Holland Foundation wants to start working on the Atlas of Dutch Southern Africa. In this case ‘Southern Africa’ means the region of the Republics of South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius and Saint-Helena. Objective is to make an inventory of fortifications and defence works of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) built in the 17th and 18th Century.... more
Newsletter March 2015
Researcher Lodewijk Hulsman just presented his publication on Dutch forts in Brazil which is a part of the Atlas of Dutch Brazil. Link to PDF.
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Article in the Stan Huygens Journaal February 3th, Erfgoed redden in Brazilië: pdf
Archeologen ontdekken Nederlands fort op Long Island. Op 18 september 2014 stuitten de archeologen Oscar Hefting en Hans van Westing van de New Holland Foundation op de resten van het vergeten Fort Massapeag bij Massapequa Park op Long Island, NY. De Amerikaanse archeoloog Ralph Solecki, thans 97 jaar, had hier in de 30-er jaren, en daarna in de 90-er jaren, gegraven en een vierkante structuur, bestaande uit een wal met daaromheen... more
Koloniale erfenis, met weemoed terugdenken aan Hollandse tijd, in ‘Ons Brazilië’, speciale editie van Elsevier, 2014, p 64-69 (PDF)
Johan Maurits bracht leiderschap, verdraagzaamheid en rust, in Ons Brazilië, Speciale editie Elsevier, p 55. (PDF 0.04MB)
Among historians and academics, the precise location where Fort Nassau, the earliest precursor of Albany, was built in 1614 has never been settled and the long-running debate about the site of the crude Dutch trading post will take center stage at the 37th edition of the New Netherland seminar Saturday at the State Museum. The title of this year’s daylong seminar is “1614” in honor of the quadricentennial of the fort’s construction.... more
Newsletter New Holland Foundation, December 2014 Dear sponsor, friend or interested person, On Thursday the 27th of November 2014 the foundation had her very first fund-raising event in the recently beautifully-restored Museum Mauritshuis in The Hague. It was a great success. The evening kicked off with a presentation on the New Holland Foundation by director Oscar Hefting, outlining the objectives and what the foundation stands for. This was followed... more
Paisagem urbana do Recife foi modificada com a ocupação holandesa, 2013 (Video)
Vanaf 2014 gefinancierd met het matchingsfonds van Dutch Culture (website)
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Stand van zaken met het oog op het WK in 2014 en de Olympische Spelen in 2016 in Brazilië. (PDF 0.2MB)
Een nieuw beeld van Rio de Janeiro. Watch program.
Report Identification Mission Atlas of Dutch North America, Amsterdam (PDF 1.8MB)
Nederlandse groepsmigratie naar Brazilie (1822-1992). Contributions to the Atlas of Dutch Brazil, Volume 10. Amsterdam. (PDF)
Atlas Nederlandse historische vestingwerken in Brazilië in de maak, in Saillant 2, 54-55. PDF
Reportagens no Jornal a Tribuna e na TV Tribuna (REDE GLOBO local)
Jacksonville, Florida USA, January 6-9, 2010. (Website)
The director follows the quest of two historians, Brazilian Kalina Vanderlei and German Sabrina van der Ley, investigating this “Nassovian Nostalgia ‘. Connected by the same surname they are searching the city history for this surname. Director: Monica Schmiedt / Brazil / 2010/52 min / Portuguese and English (English subtitles). Check out the details here.
High versus Low: Portuguese and Dutch Fortification Traditions meet in Colonial Brazil (1500-1654), in E. Klingelhofer (Ed.), First Forts. Essays on the Archaeology of Proto-Colonial Fortifications, Leiden/Boston, 189-208. PDF
Report Pilot Project Atlas of Dutch Brazil Part 2, Amsterdam. PDF
English edition (PDF 0.1MB)
3 op reis – Watch program
Atlas do Brasil Holandês, Jornal A União, João Pessoa, 6-12-2007. Read the publication
In SO Norte, A2, João Pessoa, 25-7-2007. (PDF 0.5MB)
‘Sweet ‘n Salty’, of hoe de Nederlanders op de kusten van Brazilie kwamen …, Persbericht, Nederlands Vestingmuseum, 1-9-2007. (PDF 0.02MB)
In het voetspoor van Maurits van Nassau. Nederlandse bouwwerken in Brazilië, Sem fronteiras 7, Amsterdam, 24-26. (PDF 0.7MB)
Sweet & Salty. The six sides of the sugar cube. Exhibition in ‘Nederlands Vestingmuseum’, Naarden. (Website)
Op zoek naar het erfgoed van de ‘Hollandse Braziliaan’, in SICA mag 31, 16-17. (PDF 0.7MB)
Hollandse forten aan de Amazone, in Historisch Nieuwsblad 10, 17. (PDF 0.2MB)
Graven in Brazilië, in H. Suèr (ed.), Het 2e Anno vakantieboek, Den Haag, 42-43. (PDF 0.6MB)
