Dutch colonization of the Americas In 1624, the first colonists, mostly Walloons and their slaves-bound servants, arrived to New Netherland by the shipload, landing at Governors Island and initially dispensed to Fort Orange, Fort Wilhelmus and Kievets Hoek. In 1626, Director of the WIC Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape natives and started construction of Fort Amsterdam, which grew to become the main port and capital, New Amsterdam. The colony expanded to outlying areas at Pavonia, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Long Island. On the Connecticut River, Fort Huys de Goede Hoop was completed in 1633 at present day Hartford. By 1636, the
My Native Land (film) 1981 by Polydor Records as yuan xiangqing nong. Two tracks are replaced, and another track is added. All releases have film theme songs intact. My Native Land (film) My Native Land (), also called China, My Native Land, is a Mandarin-language film, released in 1980 by Ta Chung Motion Picture Corporation () in Taiwan. It is a biographical film about the Hakka writer Chung Li-ho. The songs of the 1980 soundtrack album are sung by Teresa Teng. It was released as yuan xiangren () by Polydor Records and yuan xiangqing nong () by Kolin Records (). The songs written by