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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America is a 2005 non-fiction book by American journalist Russell Shorto that examines Manhattan under Dutch colonial rule, when the territory was called New Netherland. The book discusses the conflict between Adriaen van der Donck and Peter Stuyvesant.JOURNAL, The Island at the Center of the World: the Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America, Goodfriend, Joyce, New York History, 23185797, Summer 2005, 86, 3, 298–301, Originally published in America, July 5–July 12, 2004.JOURNAL, Reviewed Work: The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America, Otto, Paul, The Journal of American History, June 2005, 183–184, 3660539, 10.2307/3660539, 92, 1,

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• WEB,weblink The Island at the Center of the World, C-SPAN, April 22, 2004, Presentation by Shorto on The Island at the Center of the World

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