"The Brief Account of New Netherland" published anonymously in 1662 in Amsterdam (later attributed To FranciscusVan Den Enden (1602 - 1674). It is a proposal to the city councillors of Amsterdam concerning the democratic constitution of a Dutch colony in New Netherlands, a publication "in behalf of the poor people (of the Netherlands) that wanted to emigrate overseas." (Wim Klever; Foglio Spinozi; 2001-11-7). The montage picture has four elements, from left to right: - a replica of the ship of Hudson 'Half Moon' on the Amstel river in Amsterdam in the year 1909; - the cover of the 1662 publication, with in the background a montage from the Manhattan project a split visualization of the ecology of Manhattan Island thousands of years ago and the actual urbanized situation; - another newer replica of the 17th century 'Half Moon' ship (build in 1989) on the Hudson River New York. Click picture for a full size view.
This post will display in due time my belated comments on the mechanical and meaningless commemorations of Dutch officialdom, with yet another example of an attitude I have baptized under the name: “de huichelhollander” (the inner alliteration is difficult to catch in English: deceiving-dutch, hypocrite-hollander, and a Curaçao friend suggested ‘lying-dutchman’). It is the 400 years party of an English captain on a Dutch sailing ship getting lost and landing on what is now New York in the year 1609…..
the limping messenger 
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