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The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
Albany, Glens Falls, Plattsburgh, Saratoga Springs and northeastern New York; overlaid by 838 585: 2001 Rochester, Batavia, Wellsville and western New York 607: 1954 Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, Bath, Norwich, and south central New York 631: 1999: Suffolk County; overlaid by 934 646: 1999: New York City: Manhattan only; overlays with 212, 332 ...
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.
The Empire State: A History of New York. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3866-7. Otterness, Philip. Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York (2004) 235 pp. Wesser, Robert F. A response to progressivism : the Democratic Party and New York politics, 1902-1918 (1986) online
The history of New York City (1665–1783) began with the establishment of English rule over Dutch New Amsterdam and New Netherland.As the newly renamed City of New York and surrounding areas developed, there was a growing independent feeling among some, but the area was decidedly split in its loyalties.
1673 – The Dutch regain New York, renaming it "New Orange" (from February 1673 to November 1674). [9] 1674 – The Dutch cede New York permanently to England after the Third Anglo-Dutch War, per Treaty of Westminster (1674). [6] 1678 – Thomas Delavall was reappointed as mayor for the third and last time, and 11th overall.
New York is bordered by five U.S. states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont), two Great Lakes (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario), and two Canadian provinces (Ontario and Quebec). The state of New York covers a total area of 54,555 square miles (141,297 km 2) and ranks as the 27th-largest state by size. [2]
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