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Founding of New YorkNative Americans, including the Lenape Indians, inhabited the area long before Europeans arrived.

In 1524, the first European to the area was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian sailing for the French. The French never colonized the area.

English explorer Henry Hudson rediscovered the mouth of the Hudson River in 1609 and explored Hudson Bay in 1610. Like other explorers, Hudson was actually looking for a shortcut to Asia. He did not found any settlement there.

French explorer Champlain mapped the east coast of America from Cape Bretton, Nova Scotia, to Cape Cod, Mass in 1607, not quite far enough south to find (or found) New York, but close.

Peter Minuit was a German but was a director of the Dutch West India Co. He reached Manhattan Island in 1624 and purchased it from the Indians with beads, ribbons, and trinkets valued at the amount of 60 guilders, or about $24.

This became the colony of New Amsterdam (Niewe Amsterdam) in 1625. That is the date that appears on the Seal of the City of New York.

New Amsterdam separated the English colonies of New England from the other English colonies in the south. Clashes between the Dutch and the English were inevitable. England's Charles II claimed all the Dutch land, and in 1664 he gave it to his brother, the Duke of York.

The Dutch weren't prepared to fight the English, so in 1664, New Amsterdam became New York.

New York City as we know it (Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island) was founded in 1898. Before they were just separate boroughs, each with their own jurisdiction.

The state of New York was founded in July 26, 1788.

AnswerThe Dutch.

The Dutch founded New York as 'Nieuw Amsterdam' in 1614. The colony existed of what is now know as Manhattan. The Duke of York's brother, King Charles the Second, sent warships to attack the Dutch in 1664 and renamed it to New York.

The founders was Peter Minuit and Henry Hudson in 1636.

Minuit certainly deserves the full credit since Henry Hudson had been dead for about 25 years in 1936. (About since his body was never recovered after he was set adrift by his crew in the mutiny of 1611).

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try verrazanno you know like the New York bridge

It was verrazanno, but this guy just wants to get it over with so he is not being very polite.

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The exploration of New York is exactly as it sounds to be. It was the exploration of New York state.

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Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, Robert de la Salle, Giovanni da Verrazzano,

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The first people to explore the state of New York were the Native Americans. They arrived around the time of 10,000 BC.

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There were so many I can't name 'em all try Yahoo! Answers it has better answers

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