1. New York City: A Comparison and History
He summed up the future of the city when he stated that New York City "would become the emporium of commerce, the seat of manufactures and that whole island of Manhattan , replenished with dense population, would constitute one vast city." ... The first official recorded visitor to New York Harbor was in 1524, by an Italian named Giovanni da Verrazano, during a French-sponsored expedition on the ship, Dauphine (named after the eldest son of King Francis I of France). ...
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