Vol. 32, No. 2 “De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius” June 2016

Events of Interest June 24-25, 2016. “Digging for our Heemskerck, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch Roots,” a public program by Peter Paul Rubens, and Cornelis June 23-26, 2016. The 22nd annual the New Netherland Institute in Vroom. The first section consists of Omohundro Institute Conference Rochester, NY. What were the drawings from the 1500s and will convene in Worcester, MA. Dutch doing in America in the 17th highlights the stylistic innovations Hosted by Worcester Polytechnic century, and why didn’t we learn precipitated by contact with Italian Institute and the American this vital piece of our history in Renaissance models. A second Antiquarian Society, the school? The New Netherland group evokes the imagery conference’s twin themes will be Institute will offer a fact-filled propagated by a resurgent Catholic “Native American Transforma- program for teachers, students, church in the southern Netherlands tions” and “Early America at genealogists, academics and the after the division of the Low Work.” A panel of interest to our general public. All are welcome! Countries into an independent and readers will be: “Transforming the Cost for all events (including Friday officially Protestant North (the Eastern Woodlands: Native- reception and Saturday brunch) is Dutch Republic) and a Catholic European Encounters in the Dutch $50 (pre-registration only). Friday South ruled by regents of the Colony of New Netherland.” The only: $25; Saturday only: $25. Spanish monarchy. A third group panel will consist of the following Please make check payable to “New shows the range of subjects and speakers: Stephen Staggs, Nicholas Netherland Institute.” Mail techniques explored in the drawings Cunigan, and Erin Kramer (all NNI reservation or register online at of Rembrandt and the adaptation of Emerging Scholars). The session www.newnetherlandinstitute.org. his draftsmanship by some of his will be moderated by Danny *** pupils and close followers. The Noorlander with comments offered emergence of landscape as an by Mark Meuwese. In a separate Until August 14, 2016. “Drawings autonomous artistic genre is the panel Dennis Maika will present his from the Age of Brueghel, Rubens, focus of the fourth section, which own new scholarly work: “The and Rembrandt,” at the Harvard Art includes works by 16th-century Struggle for New Amsterdam’s Museum in Cambridge, MA. This precursors of the naturalistic Slave Trade: A Contest Between exhibition will present drawings, landscape and illustrates several of Regional Market Opportunities, covering five salient themes in the the types of views depicted by West India Company Policy, and art history of the Netherlands Dutch 17th-century masters. Dutch Private Entrepreneurship.” For during the 16th and 17th centuries. draftsmen of the 17th century also program information and online Works by the period’s outstanding helped turn portraits and scenes registration, go to: oieahc.wm. draftsmen will be on view, from everyday life into autonomous edu/conferences. including Pieter Brueghel the Elder, artistic genres of remarkable variety Lambert Doomer, Jacques de *** and sophistication. Drawings in the Gheyn II, Hendrick Goltzius, Jan final section range from poignant van Goyen, Maarten van

New Netherland Institute, Box 2536, Empire State Plaza Station, Albany, NY 12220 Voice: 518–486–4815 | Fax: 518–473–0472 [email protected] | www.newnetherlandinstitute.org De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius 2 studies taken from life to complete Mike Vande Woude, NNI Trustee the March Marcurius for project compositions rife with humor and at [email protected] and put DAG details. layers of meaning that would have in the subject line. delighted and challenged viewers of *** Publications the period. For more information go to: www.harvardartmuseums.org. Congratulations to Oscar Hefting, The Illustrated Delaware River: our colleague and presenter at the The History of a Great American 39th annual New Netherland News River by Hal Taylor. Filled with Conference, for his appointment as 140 finely-crafted original drawings A new collaborative effort is taking managing director of the Neder- and paintings, this book is designed shape in the world of Dutch- lands Vestingmuseum (Dutch to guide readers as they explore the American studies. A number of Fortress Museum) in Naarden. The rich and diverse heritage of the repositories and institutions are board of this museum has asked historic Delaware River Valley. coming together to share Oscar to bring more international This waterway that defines the information about their work, to attention to the history of Naarden common borders of the states of collaborate on projects, and to assist and the historical Dutch defensive Delaware, New Jersey, each other in promotion and system known during the 80 years Pennsylvania, and New York has communication. They are joining war as the New Dutch Water Line. hosted some of the most together to form the Dutch The appointment at this museum monumental events in the history of American Group (DAG). Thus far, therefore seems to be an excellent the United States. From its 46 organizations have been invited chance to combine the vision of the discovery by Henry Hudson over to join DAG. The mission statement museum with the mission of the 400 years ago, to its crossing by is: The Dutch American Group is New Holland Foundation, and keep George Washington during the formed to allow Dutch historical the attention on Dutch overseas Revolution, and through its course societies, institutes, family heritage as well. of over 330 miles, the Delaware associations, Reformed Church *** River offers us much to learn. This Associations, and membership Congress has permanently enacted entertaining guide introduces the organizations that have an interest the Charitable IRA Rollover! You reader to the events, places, and in Dutch American history to share may contribute funds this way if people that make the Delaware one their historical records and learn you are age 70 or older at the time of America’s truly great rivers. from each other the phenomenal of the gift. You must make a Size: 6"x 9" | 140 color & b/w stories about the Dutch in the qualified charitable distribution of images | 288 pp hardcover binding. formation of American society and any amount up to $100,000 on or $24.99 at Schifferbooks.com. building blocks of Church and before December 31, 2016 to *** State. We also want to share our qualify for 2016. You must transfer Adriaen Block and the Onrust: historical research about the Low funds directly from an IRA, to a Dutch who originally migrated to Setting the Stage for Dutch qualified charity, e.g. The New Colonization of North America by New Amsterdam and then to New Netherland Institute. Jersey, Pennsylvania, and onward Don Rittner. One of the most to Kentucky. Groups who join must *** important Dutch explorers of the have a way of communicating with Jeroen Dewulf of UC Berkeley has 17th century was Adriaen Block, a their respective organization announced that the Engel Sluiter mariner and trader who successfully membership. It is not a group for project has been awarded a grant of explored much of the Northeast individuals to join and is loosely nearly $10,000 to be applied to the United States and laid the structured. If your organization is digitization of the collection. See groundwork for the Dutch interested in joining, please contact colonization of much of the area De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius 3 that now comprises five “From Pavonia to the Garden State: and Joris van den Tol will respond northeastern states. He is usually New Jersey’s Dutch Background.” to the question: “Why do I Study mentioned in a sentence or two The 39th New Netherland Seminar New Netherland?” Liz Covart, about building the first fur trading will be held at the New Brunswick creator, editor, and host of “Ben ship in America called the Onrust, Theological Seminary, New Franklin’s World: a Podcast about after his ship the Tijger burned Brunswick, NJ. The seminar and its Early American History,” will lead somewhere in New York Bay in the companion events will take place a discussion of their commitment to winter of 1613. His real over three days, beginning on the study of the early Dutch contribution was ordering the Thursday, the 22nd of September, colony.” In addition to the two-day building of the first permanent concluding on Saturday the 24th. conference, there will be a settlement of the Dutch in North FRIDAY MORNING: will include reception Thursday evening and the America that began as a fur trading the following speakers: New Netherland dinner on Friday fort that eventually became the city Wim Klooster, “New Netherland evening. Relevant tours are being of Albany, New York. This book and the Dutch Moment in Atlantic planned. For further information, go adds knowledge about Block the History.” to our website. person and his struggles building Evan Haefeli, “New Jersey in the Onrust. Order directly from the 1658: A Quaker witness to a NNI News author at: [email protected]. little-known corner of New *** Netherland.” Dr. William A. Starna received the Andrea Mosterman, “The Geo- Alice P. Kenney Award from the Dutch Colonial Fortifications in New Netherland Institute at its North America, 1614-1676 by Jaap graphy of Slave Life in New Netherland.” Annual General Meeting on May Jacobs. This report is a quick- scan 21, 2016. Dr. Starna is professor of colonial fortifications occupied, Daniel Richter, “‘Who Needs a House out in Hackensack?’ Native emeritus of anthropology at built or, in a few instances, planned, SUNY-Oneonta. He has held in the Dutch colony of New Nether People and Dutch People West of the Hudson.” visiting appointments at Queen’s land and elsewhere in North University, Kingston, Ontario, the FRIDAY AFTERNOON: America between 1614 and 1676. University at Albany, and Dirk Mouw, “Persistence of Dutch The first region consists of New Binghamton University, and has Identity and the Reformed Church.” Amsterdam and vicinity. The served as adjunct curator of Jeroen Dewulf, “Baas to ‘Boss’: second region encompasses the ethnology at the New York State America’s Dutch-Speaking Black Delaware River Valley and Bay and Museum. A longtime student of the Community from 17-c. New includes Swedish-built structures Iroquoian and Algonquian peoples Netherland to 19th-c. NY and NJ.” that were subse- quently taken over of eastern North America, in Kate Lynch, “There will be a by the Dutch. The third region addition to federal-state-Indian college called Queens in our comprises the forts built in the mid relations, Dr. Starna is the recipient Province of New Jersey.” and upper Hudson River Valley, of a National Endowment for the including part of the Mohawk SATURDAY MORNING: Humanities Fellowship, a Senior River. A fourth category is included Oscar Hefting and Jaap Jacobs, Fellowship at the Nelson A. to cover defensive structures that do “The Archaeology of the Forts of Rockefeller Institute of not belong in the regions outlined New Netherland,” based on the Government, the Donald M. above. This valuable survey can be research for the recent publication Blinken Fellowship in Academic purchased at Amazon for $14.35. Dutch Colonial Fortifications in Administration at SUNY Central North America 1614-1676. Offices, and earned a New York Save the Date Emerging Scholars Session: State Library Research Residency. Deborah Hamer, Artyom Anikin, Dr. Starna has worked as a De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius 4 consultant with the Native eastwards and pass to the north of museums, including the Rijks- American Rights Fund for more Novaya Zemlya. But there was a museum in Amsterdam. than 30 years, and has also been disagreement; Rijp refused and they The crew of seventeen was ill consultant to more than 20 agreed to part ways, with Rijp equipped for the long enforced stay American Indian tribes on treaty planning to head north again to and suffered greatly from the severe rights, land claims, and the federal resume the exploration of cold and other hardships, including acknowledgment process. Dr. Spitsbergen. the incessant depredations of polar Starna is the author of numerous Barentsz and Van Heemskerck bears. The following summer, in scholarly essays and several books, crossed what would come to be June 1597, the remaining marooned including his most recent work, called the Barents Sea (named in sailors succeeded in patching up From Homeland to New Land: A honor of Barentsz in the 19th two small boats using wood from History of the Mahican Indians, century) and reached the Novaya their cabin. With the return of open 1600-1830, which was published in Zemlya archipelago in August water they set out southwards. They 2013 by the University of Nebraska 1596. Having rounded the reached the Kola Peninsula in Press. northernmost point they sailed September and were greeted by southeastward and were at first Russians and also by Jan Rijn, who Totidem Verbis convinced by the open water that happened to be there on a trading they had discovered the Northeast voyage. By November they were The Dutch in the Arctic: Willem Passage. However, the ice floes in back in Amsterdam. Barentsz, Barentsz and the Quest for the the Kara Sea, demonstrating the however, was not with them, having Northeast Passage obvious hazards for wind-powered died on the journey, and was buried by Peter A. Douglas vessels in such harsh conditions, either at sea or on the northern (part two) quickly surrounded them. The ship, island of Novaya Zemlya. The quantity of ice around the strait well built but hardly sufficient for Barentsz’s adventures have leading to the Kara Sea and the the abuse it would receive in the been well documented by impenetrable nature of the icepack extreme north, became trapped, and eyewitnesses. Jan Huyghen van near Novaya Zemlya made it the ice began to crush it and lift it Linschoten sailed with him on his prudent to avoid the land and keep up. It was clear to the crew that they first two northern voyages and to the open sea. Sailing far to the were unlikely to get free by the published his record of these. For a north they discovered Bear Island onset of winter, so using driftwood detailed narrative of this last epic (Bjørnøya), and soon encountered and timber from the ship they built adventure we can look to a Dutch ice. Continuing along the edge of themselves a shelter on the north- officer called Gerrit de Veer, who the pack ice the expedition eastern shore of Novaya Zemlya. accompanied Barentsz on his final discovered in mid-June a They called it “Het Behouden two voyages. De Veer kept a mountainous snow-covered land Huys,” The Safe House. In 1871 a journal throughout the over- (Spitsbergen, now Svalbard, Norwegian seal hunter named wintering, which was published in a Norwegian territory), which they Elling Carlson discovered the well-illustrated edition in 1598. It incorrectly believed to be part of remains of this cabin, noting that it had many editions, and was Greenland. They spent the was 12 yards long and 7.5 yards translated into several languages. remainder of June exploring the wide. Carlson also found a The account also detailed the two western coast of the main island. numerous articles used by the crew, other Arctic expeditions that Ice prevented further progress and including copper cauldrons, a clock, Berentsz undertook. they returned to Bear Island in July. weapons, plates, carpenter’s tools, [to be concluded] From here Barentsz, along with and a cooking tripod. Subsequent Van Heemskerck, opted to go expeditions found more items, which ended up in various