This portion of a 1675 navigation map includes “De Normans Kill” (underlined in red) as a landmark on the East River. Dirck was still living at this time, but the little city of New Amsterdam was under English control and renamed New York.

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This portion of a 1675 navigation map includes “De Normans Kill” (underlined in red) as a landmark on the East River. Dirck was still living at this time, but the little city of New Amsterdam was under English control and renamed New York.