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The Dutch settled the colony of New Netherland in the first half of the 17th century. The earliest explorations took place between 1609 and 1613, the first of which was by Henry Hudson. The founding of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island took place in 1625, and it remained in Dutch hands until claimed by Britain in 1664. (New York was renamed New Orange when briefly seized again by the Dutch from 1673 to 1674.)

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