New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement founded at the strategic southern point of Manhattan Island that functioned as the colonial administration place in New Netherland. The fort protected the Dutch West India Company’s fur trade activity in the Hudson River.
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Read MoreWorld War II in Europe featured several pivotal battlefronts that significantly influenced the course of the conflict. The Eastern Front witnessed brutal clashes between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, with iconic battles like Stalingrad and Kursk shaping the war’s intensity. The Western Front, marked by the D-Day invasion in 1944, saw Allied forces establishing a second front against Nazi-occupied Europe. The Mediterranean and North African campaigns, including battles like El Alamein, played crucial roles in halting Axis advances. The diverse battlefronts collectively contributed to the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.
Read More1550 Map of North and South America labeled in German. Geographic features otherwise in Latin.
Read MoreDetailed vegetation map in The National Atlas of the United States of America (USGS, 1970, Gerlach). This 1:7,500,000-scale map, in
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