View of New Amsterdam, 1656 Small 320×180 Medium 640×360 Large 1024×576 Download TIFF Original 2400×1350 | (834.6 KB) Description View of New Amsterdam in 1656. Keywords Dutch colony, New Amsterdam, ships Galleries 1607-1762 Colonial America, Miscellaneous Illustrations of New York Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 6) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)