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Giovanni da Verrazzano

1524

Giovanni sailed for France he was looking for the shortest trade route to India Instead he found New York bay

Samuel De Champlain

1608

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

Henry Hudson

Sep 2, 1609

Henry sailed for the dutch east Indian company to find the shortest trade route to India he found lower New York bay

Peter Minuit

1626

1626 Peter Minuit became the governor and bought Manhattan from the algonquians

Peter Stuyvesant

1645

Peter Stuyvesant became governor of New Amsterdam