Why do Americans have this gap in their history about the fact that large parts of the origins of the United States used to be Dutch? In four parts, best-selling author Russell Shorto gives a tour through what used to be New Amsterdam, and what we now call New York. This is part 1 in a series of 4. New Amsterdam Tour Part 1. Why do Americans know so little about their Dutch history? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HglG-LmZalg Part 2. What's left of New Amsterdam in Lower Manhattan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-UGFyIp6xw Part 3. Meet a forgotten American visionary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgqaGZgqvGE Part 4. How New Amsterdam influenced America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsEovGBFAtA Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thysroes ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Store your Bitcoin against 6% interest on BlockFI 🤩 https://blockfi.com/?ref=691c325c ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►► WATCH MORE DOCUMENTARIES: ►► What’s left of New Amsterdam in Lower Manhattan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-UGFyIp6xw The oldest house of New York City - (is older than you think) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0dhM_Doarc Why don't Americans know their own Dutch history? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-F0-vJqRQ8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Listen to these on Audible Plus, and get one title for free per month: https://amzn.to/3knUNzg ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ►► Follow Thys on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thysroes/ ►► Produced by Spark.sx: https://spark.sx/ Subscribe to Spark's other channels 🌎 Controlled Substance: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqHAXRpV8paPh3FFwXo7-Fw 🦠 Little Universe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmwe8lNH1Ik462rMfpZk5xQ 📙 New Netherland Now:    / channel   ==The biggest thanks goes out to all Cinecrowd funders of this project.== Russell' great book can be bought here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Island-Center-World-Manhattan/dp/1400078679 Music is by permission from the brilliant melodysheep, Benn Jordan and Launchable Socks Benn Jordan - Pale Blue Dot. Only $5 (or more) here: http://bennjordan.bandcamp.com/album/pale-blue-dot Melodysheep - Midnight Sun - http://melodysheep.bandcamp.com/ Launchable Socks - https://launchablesocks.bandcamp.com/ Thanks to Carl Sagan's Cosmos for inspiring part of the voiceover for this episode. This video is with kind thanks to Labrys Reizen in the Netherlands, Russell Shorto, and all people who took the tour. Creative Commons License. You are free to use any of this material again for your own unique purpose. Copying, however, is a little lame. Attribution would be nice. RadoJavor's image does not fall under this license.