History of New York City
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The written history of New York City begins with the arrival of the first European explorer to the area, Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 and his brief interactions with the Indigenous Lenape. E
Manhattan in 1873, looking north. The Hudson River is at left. The Brooklyn Bridge across the East River (at right) was built from 1870 to 1883.
1627 letter in Dutch by Pieter Schaghen stating the purchase of Manhattan for 60 guilders
New Amsterdam 1651 -- "Hartger's View" is considered the oldest known image of New Amsterdam, later, New York.
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
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New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading factory
History of New York City
…area, Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 and his brief interactions with the Indigenous Lenape. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded with the assistance of the Lenape in 1624. The Sons of Liberty campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act…
View of New Amsterdam
1882 depiction of the ship Mayflower sailing from England to America in 1620, in Plymouth Harbor
Drawing of New Amsterdam in 1650, discovered in 1991 in the collection of Albertina in Austria. It is probably the oldest, lifelike depiction of the colony