Perhaps the Dutch had visions of a new Manhattan when they started New Amsterdam, just across from Paramaribo. Initially established to protect the Dutch colony from the English, it was quickly turned into a sugar plantation. Despite the name, it never became a large settlement like its North American namesake.Sunday, September 30, 2007
New Amsterdam
Perhaps the Dutch had visions of a new Manhattan when they started New Amsterdam, just across from Paramaribo. Initially established to protect the Dutch colony from the English, it was quickly turned into a sugar plantation. Despite the name, it never became a large settlement like its North American namesake.
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