Juan Rodriguez and the beginnings of New York City
By: Anthony Stevens-Acevedo, Tom Weterings, Leonor Álvarez Francés
Contributors: Weterings, Tom, author; Álvarez Francés, Leonor, author; Hart, Simon, 1911-1981
Series: Research monograph (Dominican Studies Institue); Dominican research monographs
Publisher: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Sources; History; Biography; New Netherland Company
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63).

Introductory notices regarding Juan Rodriguez, the first-known non-Native inhabitant of the New York City area, followed by an appendix of late 16th-early 17th century Dutch and Spanish documents relating to him, reproduced in facsimile with transcriptions and English translations. (The Dutch documents, with English translations, were first published by Simon Hart in his 1959 book entitled The prehistory of the New Netherland Company, and are here provided with revised English translations.)
Table of contents: title: Juan Rodriguez : a largely unknown historical figure; title: The historical data about Juan Rodriguez in the Hudson Harbor : what we know from the archival sources; title: Juan Rodriguez and the public historical memory of New York City : the existing scholarship; title: The historical context of Juan Rodriguez's La Espanola : imperial monopoly, colonial smuggling, and forceful depopulation; title: Historical records on Juan Rodriguez : old and new; title: Appendix: A. Dutch archival documents on Juan Rodriguez [1613-1614]; title: B. Documents from La Española on local inhabitants smuggling with foreigners [1605]; title: C. Ecclesiastical documents from La Española mentioning individuals named Juan Rodriguez [1591-1599].