Taking Manhattan: The extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America, UK Edition by Russell Shorto
English | March 27th, 2025 | ISBN: 1800754965 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 14.39 MB
In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their arch-rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch leader on Manhattan.