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Giovanni sailed for France he was looking for the shortest trade route to India Instead he found New York bay
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Samuel de Champlain sailed for France he was looking to Explore north America instead he found the area near the St. Lawrence river and the northern and central part of New York
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Henry sailed for the dutch east Indian company to find the shortest trade route to India he found lower New York bay
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1626 Peter Minuit became the governor and bought Manhattan from the algonquians
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Peter Stuyvesant became governor of New Amsterdam
