''The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America'' is a 2005 non-fiction book by the American journalist Russell Shorto. It covers the period of

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under Dutch colonial rule, when the territory was called

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. The book also discusses the conflict between Adriaen van der Donck and

Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant (; in Dutch also ''Pieter'' and ''Petrus'' Stuyvesant, ; 1610 – August 1672)Mooney, James E. "Stuyvesant, Peter" in p.1256 was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Net ...

.Paul Otto, "Review" ''Journal of American History'' (June 2005), Vol. 92 Issue 1, pp 183-18
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Presentation by Shorto on ''The Island at the Center of the World'', April 22, 2004

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