Courted and Highly Prized: Dutch Traders in the 17th Century Chesapeake
Virtual Event Online, BaltimoreThis presentation examines the role that Dutch trader played in the economic and cultural development of the Chesapeake during the seventeenth century. Relying on court records, mercantile accounts, correspondence, and material culture evidence Professor of History and author, Dr. Koot reconstructs the mercantile and kinship networks that tied Dutch traders in New Netherland (New York) […]