Dutch renaissance
Subtitle: the story of the New Netherland Project
By: by Peter A. Douglas
Contributors: Ebert, Loretta; New York State Library; Holland Society of New York; National Endowment for the Humanities
Series: Annals of New Netherland; Annals of New Netherland
Publisher: New Netherland Project
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Albany, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Chronology; Dutch language; Translating; Historiography; New Netherland Project
Description: "... Author Peter Douglas enlightens us about the New Netherland Project and the light it has shed on how America's Dutch heritage shaped the earliest years of our nation's history."
Notes: "Since 1974 Dr. Gehring has led the New Netherland Project with the support of the New York State Library, the Holland Society of New York, and the National Endowment for the Humanities ..."--Foreword.

"This publication helps mark the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial and New York State's historical, cultural and environmental achievements of the past four centuries."

Foreword by Loretta Ebert, Director, New York State Research Library.

Dr. Charles Gehring, translator and Director of the New Netherland Project ... (p.17).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).

Also available in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Foreword --; title: One of the best-kept secrets in American History --; title: A lost world --; title: Diverse dangers and misfortunes --; title: Early translation attempts --; title: Charles Gehring and the New Netherland Project --; title: A shaky existence --; title: The translation process --; title: The achievements of the Project --; title: What really happened in old New York.