New York Street Names An entertaining and enlightening list of the who, what and where of Manhattan street and place names including Wall Street, Hudson Street, Bowling Green, Battery Park, Marcus Garvey Blvd., Pearl Street, Orchard Street.... |
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| NYC History The European history of New York City started with the Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524 as he sailed into New York harbor on the French vessel Dauphine. Undoubtedly his audience of Native Americans watched from the shores of what is now Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Manhattan in innocent awe of these canvas sailed vessels. Current evidence tells us that the tribe that inhabited this area at the time of the first European explorations had already been here for 1500 years. Over 80 years later, in 1609 the Englishman Henry Hudson in service to the Dutch East India Company finally sailed up the river that now bears his name. Woodlands loaded with beaver and other fur bearing animals, rivers and streams overflowing with fish, and fertile fields lured farmers, trappers, merchants and opportunists from Holland, and England. Follow us as we take you from the Lenape Indians, to Lord Cornbury, the first transvestite governor of New York, through the American Revolution to the present incorporated city of the five boros. |
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