What city was once called New Amsterdam?
New Amsterdam quo in the Treaty of Breda. The English kept the island of Manhattan, the Dutch giving up their claim to the town and the rest of the colony, while the English formally abandoned Surinam in South America, and the island of Run in the East Indies to the Dutch, confirming their control of the valuable Spice Islands. Today much of what was once New Amsterdam is New York City. In 1524, nearly a century before the arrival of the Dutch, the site that later became New Amsterdam was named New Angoulême by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, to commemorate
Amsterdam (city), New York trains "Maple Leaf" and two unnamed trains in each direction to and from Niagara Falls, New York make stops at the Amsterdam station. Amsterdam's former National Guard Armory, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been adapted for use as a bed and breakfast inn called Amsterdam Castle. Amsterdam's municipal golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones. The city is home to the Amsterdam Mohawks baseball team of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League. The team plays at Shuttleworth Park. The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame was located in Amsterdam until November 2015, when it