Russell Shorto on New Amsterdam - The Island at the Center of the World - The John Adams Institute
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Russell Shorto is an American historian, journalist and author. In 2004, he published The Island at the Center of the World: the Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America, for which he spent many hours in the New Netherland archives. Between 2008 and 2013, he lived in Amsterdam, where he was the director of the John Adams Institute. This video was recorded on November 8, 2004.
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