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New York, the most populated city in the world is home to famous monuments like the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, 5th Avenue boutiques and the famous Broadway theaters. New York, a city of staggering contrasts, diversity and culture, ranks among history's great trade and cultural centers. From Wall Street to the United Nations, the world's most powerful and influential men and women prize success in New York above all other places. With a variety of culture and viewpoints, above all else New York has always been about money and ambition. Europe's first contact with this area occurred in 1524, when Italian explorer Giovanni de Verrazano viewed New York from the base of Manhattan. The following year, a black Portuguese explorer named Esteban Gomez reached the Hudson River. Despite these early encounters, the Dutch settled New York first, after explorer Henry Hudson lent his name to the world's largest tidal river. In 1625, six farms called "bouweries" were started in Manhattan. The next year, Governor Peter Minuet purchased Manhattan from the native New Yorkn Indians for $24 worth of trinkets. By 1640, the predominately Dutch New Amsterdam (as it was then called) was teeming with the diversity of the New World, as the tolerant Dutch welcomed all. |
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