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30.11.08 In the new world, Di Verrazzano met Native American tribes such as the Lenape, Manahattoes, and Raritan.
Although Di Verrazzano was the first explorer to visit New York City, it is Dutch explorer Henry Hudson who is credited with bringing Europe to the “Big Apple.”
After several failed attempts to find the North-East Passage to Asia, Hudson received funding from the Dutch East India Company, a popular tea corporation, to explore the world in 1609.
Within the next 20 years, many Dutch settled in New York City and called it New Amsterdam. Many immigrants to the new world saw New ...
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