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Irving = 'Dutch' Kaatsberg Kaatskill Peter Stuyvesant hear |
Irving Rip van Winkle Wolf Derrick van Bummel |
'Dutch' Rip van Winkel Wolf Derk van Bommel hear |
Irving Nicholas Vedder Dominie van Shaick Hollands |
'Dutch' Nicolaas Vedder Dominee van Schaik ('Reverend') Hollands (liquor) hear |
Irving Brom Dutcher Judith Gardenier Peter Vanderdonk |
'Dutch' Bram Duitser Judith Gardenier Peter van der Donk hear |
Irving Hendrick Hudson The Half Moon burgher |
'Dutch' Hendrick Hudson De Halve Maen burger hear |
Irving Tappan Zee Yost van Houten Katrina van Tassel |
'Dutch' Tappan Zee Joost van Houten Katrien van Tessel hear |
Irving Saardam Baltus, Balt van Tassel |
'Dutch' Zaandam Bertus, Bert van Tessel hear - 2 |
Irving Abraham, Brom van Brunt Mynheer Hans van Ripper |
'Dutch' Abraham, Bram van Brunt mijnheer (meneer) Hans van Ripper hear - 2 |
Irving Doffue Martling Brouwer Major André |
'Dutch' Dolfje (?) Martling Brouwer Majoor André hear |
Leiden Pieterskerk De Groene Poort Delfshaven Adam Willaerts hear - 2 |
town in Holland where the Pilgrims lived a church 'The Green Gate' port in Holland that the Pilgrims sailed from a mapmaker |
Isaack de Rasière - a Dutch trader from New York hear (a French name) |
Lucas de Heere Emanuel van Meteren hear - 2 |
Latinized names: Gerardus Mercator Abraham Ortelius hear |
Goethals -hear- (how the name is said in Holland)
Cities Brussel (Belgium) Antwerpen (Belgium) Rotterdam Delft hear |
Cities Den Haag Amsterdam Leiden Utrecht hear |
Provinces Holland Friesland Zeeland hear |
Amsterdam streets | Leiden and The Hague | |||
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Herengracht Keizersgracht Achterburgwal Hoogstraat hear |
Pieterskerk Rapenburg Binnenhof hear |
Spiegelstraat Fluwelen Burgwal Huis ten Bosch Trèveszaal hear - 2 |
Painters Rembrandt Vermeer Frans Hals Van Ruysdael hear |
Joost van den Vondel Grotius / Hugo de Groot Spinoza hear |
(poet and playwright) (jurist and scholar) (philosopher - Ladino name) |
Prinses Wilhelmina Willink Van Staphorst hear |
Baron Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol
hear - 2 |
grachtenhuizen (canal houses) Heer Adams (Mr Adams, gentleman) hear - 2 |
Baron van Lynden van Hemmen
Bartholomeus van den Santheuvel hear - 2 |
Dutchmen with French Names Charles Dumas John Luzac De la Lande hear |
Fynje hear This is a very unusual name. I'm not sure I say it correctly. |
David McCullough: 1776
- hear - 2 - (Dutch 'berg' actually means 'mountain.')
Stephen Ambrose: Band of Brothers
Russell Shorto: The Island at The Center of The World
Barbara Tuchman: The First Salute
Tracy Chevalier: Girl with A Pearl Earring
Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl Harry Mulisch: The Assault (De Aanslag) Mary Mapes Dodge: Hans Brinker -or- The Silver Skates
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