A HISTORY OF NEW-YORK, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY; CONTAINING, AMONG MANY SURPRISING AND CURIOUS MATTERS, THE UNUTTERABLE PONDERINGS OF WALTER THE DOUBTER, THE DISASTROUS PROJECTS OF WILLIAM THE TESTY, AND THE CHIVALRIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF PETER THE HEADSTRONG, The Three Dutch Governors of New-Amsterdam; BEING THE ONLY AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE TIMES THAT EVER HATH BEFN PUBLISHED. CONTENTS. ACCOUNT of the Author, Preface, Book First. CONTAINING DIVERS INGENIOUS THEORIES AND PHILO- PAGE xiii xxiii CHAP. I.-Description of the World, CHAP. II.-Cosmogony, or Creation of the World; with a of a World is shown to be no such difficult matter as CHAP. III.-How far that famous Navigator, Noah, was CHAP. IV. Showing the great difficulty Philosophers have b 1 7 15 21 CHAP. V. In which the Author puts a mighty Question Book Second. TREATING OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF NIEUW NEDERLANDTS. CHAP. I.-In which are contained divers reasons why a CHAP. II.-Containing an account of a mighty Ark which CHAP. III. In which is set forth the true art of making PAGE 28 43 53 59 CHAP. IV.-How the Heroes of Communipaw voyaged 65 CHAP. V.-How the heroes of Communipaw returned CHAP. VI.-Containing an attempt at etymology-and of CHAP. VII.-How the City of New-Amsterdam waxed |