History

History Documentary Recommendation.

Titans of Power: How Three Cities Ruled the World 

Currently I’m watching a long documentary (3h / ARTE) on the rise of the three most important cities of 17th, 18th and 19th century. 
Amsterdam - London - New York. It’s a documentary about history, trade and finance. 

Very well done. I’m only about 1/3 into the documentary. 

https://youtu.be/9-HzIb_dJNA?feature=shared

Yesterday I learned that when New York City was New Amsterdam…

Brooklyn was called Breukelen
Harlem was Haarlem
Flushings was Vlissingen
Staten Island was Staten Eylandt
Wall Street was Wallestraat / De Waal Straat