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| Note A | xi |
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| Introduction | xv |
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| Note B | xxvii |
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| Voyage to New Netherland | 3 |
| Preparations for the Voyage | 3 |
| Delays in Starting | 5 |
| On the Way to Texel; a Narrow Escape | 8 |
| On Board the Charles | 10 |
| They set Sail and run Aground | 13 |
| Description of Texel | 15 |
| Progress of the Voyage | 18 |
| At Falmouth; the Diarist at Church | 25 |
| A Visit to Pendennis Castle | 28 |
| The Market at Penryn | 30 |
| Again on Board; a Word about the Cat | 32 |
| Land is Seen; Sandy Hook | 33 |
| Indians come Aboard; Arrival at New York | 35 |
| Observations upon the Sea and the Voyage | 37 |
| Comments upon the Passengers and Crew | 39 |
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| Travels in New Netherland | 43 |
| In New York; Ministers of New Netherland | 43 |
| Fort Amsterdam is described | 45 |
| The First Male born of Europeans in New Netherland | 47 |
| A Visit to Long Island; through Brooklyn | 50 |
| At Gowanus; the Najack Indians | 53 |
| With Jacques Cortelyou at New Utrecht | 57 |
| Danckaerts makes a Sketch | 58 |
| A Visit with Jan Theunissen at Flatlands | 60 |
| Through Flatbush, Brooklyn, and Back in New York | 62 |
| Manhattan Island Explored; Broadway; the Bowery; New Harlem | 64 |
| The Labadists make some Calls; Danckaerts acts the Barber | 67 |
| On Staten Island | 69 |
| At Oude Dorp and Nieuwe Dorp | 72 |
| Some Plantations on the Island | 74 |
| A Visit from Jasper, the Indian | 76 |
| The Travellers meet Ephraim Herrman | 80 |
| In Communipaw and Bergen | 82 |
| Further Experiences | 86 |
| Preparations for the Journey Southward; the Duke's Laws | 89 |
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| Journey to the Southward | 91 |
| The Stop at Woodbridge | 93 |
| At Piscataway; the Falls of the Delaware | 94 |
| Matinnaconk Island and Burlington | 97 |
| Tacony; Tinicum Island described | 100 |
| The Suit of Madame de la Grange against Madame Papegoia | 101 |
| A Visit from Some Quakers | 104 |
| The Episode of Anna Salters | 105 |
| The Journey Continued | 107 |
| At Fort Christina; the Stay in Newcastle | 109 |
| Indented Servants | 111 |
| St. Augustine's Manor | 112 |
| Entry into Maryland; Bohemia Manor; Augustine Herrman's Map | 114 |
| Plantations visited | 116 |
| The Journey to Virginia abandoned; Other Visits | 120 |
| The Travellers lose their Way | 124 |
| They stop with Mr. Frisby; Wild Geese | 126 |
| Transportation of Goods to and from Maryland | 128 |
| More Plantations visited | 129 |
| Again in Newcastle | 131 |
| The Grant of Maryland | 132 |
| The Tobacco Industry | 133 |
| Life in Maryland | 135 |
| The Attack on the Hoere Kill | 136 |
| Religion in Maryland | 137 |
| The Labadists hear Domine Tesschenmaker; Christina Kill | 138 |
| Property Arrangements of Augustine Herrman | 141 |
| Preparations for the Return to New Netherland | 142 |
| Description of Newcastle | 143 |
| Mr. Moll and his Wife | 144 |
| Some Account of the Herrmans; Peter Alrichs | 145 |
| At Upland | 147 |
| At Wicacoa and Burlington | 148 |
| On the Island of Peter Alrichs | 149 |
| The Delaware River described | 150 |
| The Settlement at Hoere Kill; New Sweden | 152 |
| East New Jersey and West New Jersey established | 154 |
| The Journey to Millstone Creek; Difficulties in crossing | 156 |
| A Visit with Some Indians | 159 |
| A Night with Cornelis van Langevelt near Nassau | 160 |
| Millstone Creek described | 161 |
| At Amboy; the Frenchman Le Chaudronnier | 162 |
| Governor Carteret and the Settlement of Piscataway and Woodbridge | 164 |
| End of the Journey to the Southward | 165 |
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| In New York | 166 |
| Visits to Governor Andros and Mayor Rombouts | 167 |
| Danckaerts follows Sluyter to Najack | 169 |
| Translations made by Danckaerts | 170 |
| The Party for Aquackanonck | 171 |
| Milford; Sandford; Captain Berry's Plantation | 173 |
| Conversation with Hans, the Indian | 174 |
| Aquackanonck is reached | 175 |
| Another Night with the Indians | 177 |
| At Gowanus; the Canticoy of the Indians | 179 |
| Affairs at Esopus; Small Pox among the Indians | 181 |
| Proclamation of Governor Andros; the Start for Nevesink | 182 |
| Trip to Nevesink abandoned | 184 |
| Another Call on the Governor | 185 |
| The Travellers dispose of their Stock | 186 |
| The Governor grants Permission to go to Albany | 187 |
| The Trials and Conversion of Theunis Idenszen | 190 |
| The Journey to Albany is begun | 196 |
| The Kaaterskill Falls; Arrival at Albany | 198 |
| The Falls at Cohoes | 199 |
| Sluyter becomes ill; Visit to Schenectady | 201 |
| The Story of Aletta, the Indian | 201 |
| The Story of Wouter, Aletta's Nephew | 205 |
| Interview with Aletta and Wouter | 210 |
| Wouter goes with the Labadists | 211 |
| Schenectady is described | 213 |
| A Visit with Madame van Rensselaer at Rensselaerswyck | 214 |
| A Visit to Fort Orange; Albany described | 216 |
| The Child of Luxury | 217 |
| At Claverack; Danckaerts sketches the Catskills | 219 |
| At Esopus | 220 |
| Back in New York; Preparations for Boston | 222 |
| A Visit to Theunis Idenszen | 223 |
| North River and the Country through which it flows | 224 |
| On the Way to Long Island; Visit from Domine van Zuuren | 228 |
| In Najack; More about Theunis | 229 |
| Another Meeting with the Governor | 230 |
| The Experiences of Marie Renard | 231 |
| Visit with Ephraim Herrman | 233 |
| Further Arrangements for the Boston Trip; Ascension Day | 234 |
| A Trip to Walebocht | 235 |
| The Boston Trip again postponed; Some Visitors | 237 |
| Leave is taken of Governor Andros | 238 |
| Military Tactics; Relations between Andros and Carteret | 239 |
| Trade with Barbados | 244 |
| Trade Observations | 246 |
| Conduct of Governor Andros | 248 |
| The Labadists take leave of their Friends | 250 |
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| Voyage from New Netherland | 252 |
| The Start for Boston | 252 |
| Martha's Vineyard; a Narrow Escape | 253 |
| Boston is reached | 255 |
| Description of East River | 256 |
| Elizabeth Islands; the Sow and Pigs; Cape Cod | 258 |
| A Call on Governor Bradstreet | 259 |
| No Word of Wouter; Passage engaged for London | 260 |
| John Eliot and the Indian Bible | 263 |
| A Visit to Cambridge; Harvard College | 266 |
| In Charlestown | 268 |
| Suspicions concerning the Travellers | 269 |
| A Second Visit to John Eliot at Roxbury | 270 |
| A Sham-fight in Boston | 271 |
| Beginning of the Voyage Home | 272 |
| The Diarist's Account of New England | 273 |
| His Description of Boston | 275 |
| Progress of the Voyage | 276 |
| A Reward for the First Sight of Land | 278 |
| The Orkney Islands are sighted | 280 |
| Fear of the Turks | 281 |
| On the Dogger Bank | 284 |
| Anchor at Yarmouth | 286 |
| The Landing at London; Whitehall; St. James's Park | 288 |
| The Duke of Monmouth is seen; London Tower | 289 |
| Witchcraft in Boston; at Church in London | 290 |
| A Glimpse of the Duke of York and Prince Karl | 291 |
| At Gravesend; the River of Chatham | 292 |
| At Harwich; Dispute with the Skipper | 293 |
| At Rotterdam, Delft, and the Hague | 295 |
| In Amsterdam; a Bible is bought for Ephraim Herrman | 296 |
| The End of the Journey | 297 |
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| Index | 299 |