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  In 1524 Giovanni de Verrezzano saw Manhattan
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  In 1609 Henry Hudson and his ship landed in the lower bay of New York
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  In 1609 the colony of New York originated
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  In the year of 1609 Herenry Hudson crossed up a river and named it the Hudson river
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  In the year of 1610 a thriving trade began between Dutch and Indians
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  By 1614 the dutch constructed a fort named New Amsterdam
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  In the year 1621 the Dutch government granted a charter
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  In the year of 1623 the first settleres to arrive in manhattan were the dutch emigrants