3714093 New Amsterdam, a 17th-century Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan Island, America, from Ward and Lock\'s Illustrated History of the World, pub. c.1882 by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Amsterdam, a 17th-century Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan Island, America. It was renamed New York on September 8, 1664, in honor of the Duke of York (later James II of England). From Ward and Lock\'s Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.); English, out of copyright.