General News: Documentary Explores Early Dutch in NY
September 08, 2009
A new documentary sheds new light on the early exploration and settlement of New York by the Dutch. It will air on Thursday, September 10, at 9 p.m. on PBS, but you can watch here online now.
Did you know that the portrait of a man in a ruffled collar that most everyone says is Henry Hudson is not really a portrait of the famed explorer? That’s one of the points made by historian Barry Lewis who takes viewers back in time to rediscover the first European settlers in New York — the Dutch – in this documentary sponsored by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to mark the 400th anniversary of Hudson’s voyage up the river that bears his name.
Click the arrow to watch the video below. Visit www.thirteen.org/dutchny/video/video-dutch-new-york/34/ for more links to historical documents and information about the production. Thanks to Phil Hopp for forwarding all the information.
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