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Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed for France to the shortest route to India. He continued into the New York Bay.
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Samuel de Champlain sailed for France to explore North America. He found fur.
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Henry Hudson sailed for the East India company. He spend his career searching for different routes to Asia. He continued into the upper Bay and on up the great river.
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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.
