In this video, we explore the history and significance of Staten Island, addressing the question: Why is Staten Island part ...

In “Taking Manhattan,” author Russell Shorto writes about the deal that New Netherland Director General Peter Stuyvesant made with English military officer Richard Nicolls to transfer the Dutch colony ...

Excerpted from Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America. Copyright (c) 2025 by Russell Shorto. Used with permission of the ...