Dutch America

In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast. The fleets and armies that fought for the Dutch in the decades-long war against Spain included numerous foreigners, largely drawn from countries in northwestern Europe. Likewise, many settlers of Dutch colonies were born in other parts of Europe or the New World.

Ga op avontuur door Brazilië en ontdek de onverwachte kanten van dit tropische land. Met focus op Rio de Janeiro en praktische tips voor een veilige reis.

Na een mysterieuze vliegtuigcrash met de Amerikaanse vicepresident, ontdekt ex-Secret Service agent Robert Gallagher de schokkende waarheid achter de fatale gebeurtenis en het drama in zijn familie.

Manhattan has long been part of a bustling community, even before it formed the backbone of New York City. Centuries before New York City became a shining city of steel that enthralled millions of immigrants, Lenni-Lenape Indians, an Algonquin-speaking tribe whose name means "the People", lived in what would become New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.