5916357 New Amsterdam and Manhattan, c.1660 (watercolour on paper) by Dutch School, (17th century); 43.5x64.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: New Amsterdam was a 17th century Dutch colonial settlement on the tip of Manhattan island that served as the capital of New Netherland, claimed for the Netherlands in 1609 by Henry Hudson (who worked for the Dutch East India Company) and settled in 1625. This picturesque seaside village with Dutch houses is one of the earliest representations, probably after Johannes Vingboons\' drawing done when New Amsterdam fell into English hands, later becoming New York City;).