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North river (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-colony-of
New York, colony of
The bay of New York and its great tributary from the north, with the island of Manhattan, upon which part of the city of Greater New York now stands, were discovered by Henry Hudson (q. v.), in the early autumn of 1609.
The Indians called the river Mahiccannick, or River of the Mountains.
The Dutch called it Mauritius, in compliment to Prince Maurice, and the English gave it the name of Hudson River, and sometimes North River, to distinguish it from the Delaware, known as South River.
The country drained by the Hudson River, with the adjacent undefined territory, was claimed by the Dutch.
The year after the discovery, a ship, with part of the crew of the Half Moon, was laden with cheap trinkets and other things suitable for traffic with the Indians, sailed from the Texel (1610), and entered the mouth of the Mauritius.
The adventurers established a trading-post at Manhattan, where they trafficked in peltries and furs brought by the Indians, from distant re
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