A Short Palimpsest on The Wall Street
In 1600s, surging capitalism amidst European discoveries paved the way for Dutch merchants to venture the Indian Ocean to subsequently claim Indonesian archipelago for 350 years and also in the west across the Atlantic to settle a new trade heaven, New Amsterdam on the bank of Hudson River. Their credit based financing attracted huge amount of investors into the stock-joint ventures of merchants under Nassau dynasty.
The settlers on the east bank experienced attacks from natives and British from the start of 17th century until captured by British in 1664 and renamed by New York. The Dutch built a 12 feet tall wall and a star shaped fort, Fort Amsterdam to safeguard their territory.
The image shows the city plan along with the most famous to-be road of the world on the very remains of the 'wall', the Wall Street.
The settlers on the east bank experienced attacks from natives and British from the start of 17th century until captured by British in 1664 and renamed by New York. The Dutch built a 12 feet tall wall and a star shaped fort, Fort Amsterdam to safeguard their territory.
The image shows the city plan along with the most famous to-be road of the world on the very remains of the 'wall', the Wall Street.
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| New Amsterdam at 1660 as per Castello Plan |
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