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Jan 17, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano
France the shorted route to India New York Bay -
Samuel de Champlain
France to explore North America the area near the st. Lawrence the norther and central part of NY -
Henry Hudson
Dutch East India company the shorts trade route to India Lower New York -
Peter Minuit
Became the governor and bought Manhattan from the Algonquians -
peter Stuyvesant
Became the governor of New Amsterdam.
