A 1690 restrike from John Ogilby's  "America, Being an Accurate Description of the New World" originally published in 1671. Printed on hand laid chain link paper with a strong impression. This view shows the small Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, located on the southern tip of Manhattan as it appeared in the mid-1600's.  The Dutch first settled in the area in 1626 after purchasing the island from the Indians for $24. This view is thought to be engraved by Montanus from an original drawing by Laurens Hermansz Block, a Dutch artist who visited New York in 1650 aboard the merchant vessel Lydia. Viewed from the harbor, it depicts the settlement with a few wooden buildings, a large church and a windmill. In 1664 New Amsterdam was captured by the British and renamed New York, in honor of James, the Duke of York.