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Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed with France he was looking for the shortest route to India. He found New York Bay.
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Samuel de Champlain sailed for France to explore North America.He found the area near the St.Lawrence the northern River central part of NY.
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He sailed for the Dutch East India company to find the shortest trade rout to India. He sailed to the lower New York Bay.
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Peter Minuit became the governor and bought Manhattan from the Algonquians.
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Peter Stuyvesant became the governor of New Amsterdam
