1. New York City: A Comparison and History
... he deemed, "Manates". Hudson went north to trade furs and other goods to Indians to were willing to trade. In 1624, the Dutch West India Company sent 110 people to the island that Hudson discovered. The thirty French-speaking Protestant families, called Walloons, were to set up a base for ... Manhattan Island earlier, which was made possible by the English Virginia Company. In 1626, the population of Manhattan Island was 270. The Dutch West India Company provided many incentives for people to come to their colony, but the colony still grew too slowly. To make up for the shortage ... all...
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