Walloons in New Netherland: Forgotten Settlers in a Forgotten Colony

In Battery Park, lower Manhattan, you’ll see a monument that reads…’in Memory of the Walloon Settlers who came over to America in the Nieu Nederland Under the Inspiration of Jesse De Forest” So after half a dozen videos of me referring to New Netherland as a Dutch Colony… now I’m telling you it’s not even Dutch? But Walloon? Social Media ------------------------ Map Shop - http://zacksmapshop.com/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/zackfleming Instagram - http://instagram.com/thegeographygeek Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/geographygeek Email Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/hSeKpj Thanks to --------- Roan van t Land for help with the script as well as RareMaps.com for giving access to high-definition images of maps. Books --------- "The Island at the Center of the World" by Russell Shorto - https://amzn.to/3gmGsn8