New York is surely one of the most visited cities in the whole world but do you know the history behind the city? If you would like to know more about it and the influence from the European populations then you need to read the msnbc.com article below:
" NEW YORK - Four hundred years after Henry Hudson sailed his ship Half Moon up a river that would one day bear his name, historians are marking his role in the evolution of a tiny Dutch trading post into a world capital called New York.
The activity includes exhibits by the Museum of the City of New York and the New York Historical Society, a recreation of the Half Moon's voyage of discovery up the Hudson, and scores of events here and in the Netherlands.
The Englishman's journey under the Dutch flag — Hudson's 58-foot (17.4-meter) ship left Amsterdam on the morning tide of April 4, 1609, and headed west — was yet another attempt by Europeans to find a "northwest passage" to Asia. Hudson and his 20 crewmen got only as far as modern-day Albany. But the impact of their voyage continues to this day.
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