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Henry Hudson was the one to claim New York and name it New Netherlands, but a man by the name of Giovanni de Verrazzano was the first European explorer to enter New York harbor. The area was inhabited by a Native American tribe called the Lenape.
Henry Hudson was English, but he was working for the Dutch East India Company, which was why the colony was called New Netherlands. Later, the British took over the colony and renamed it New York.
The British founder was Peter Minuit Peter named New York after his brother, the duke of York,.
Duke of york
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 8y agofrom the website http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html#newyork. They said Peter Minuit founded the colony for the Dutch.
correction to my previous statement, that was the legend. the truth is found at the website http://users.skynet.be/newyorkfoundation/US/the_birth_of_new_york.html#Resume . Here they say the french found the colony first.
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∙ 14y agoPeter Minuit is said to of founded New York in 1626.
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∙ 13y agoA Dutch settler named Peter Stuyvesant founded New Amsterdam in the colony of New Netherland (1647 - 64) which he surrendered to the English in 1664. The English renamed it New York.
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∙ 10y agochickato hilary
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∙ 11y agoKing George the duke of York
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