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In 1929, in 320th anniversary of the first meeting of G.Gudzona with New Light, on a crying Tower in Amsterdam, whence the researcher went to swimming, members of the Greenwich society from New York had been established a memorial board with a reminder on that expedition of Dutches.
New York has been based in the beginning of XVII century on the bank of the river opened by Henry Gudzonom and named later his name. New York is obliged by the birth to Dutches. The matter is that at once after that first expedition of Hudson some their trading courts have repeated its route, and have repeated successfully enough. With the big benefit dealers exchanged at the Indians living on coast of the river, valuable furs, giving for them knifes, other metal wares, tapes and cheap knickknacks. Furs were known in Europe on Russian deliveries and were in great demand. One of the merchants trading with Indians, the Dutch van Kampen, the big capital which has hammered together on this trade has become famous for special enterprise.
The Basis of the first settlement of Dutches in America, the truth time and compelled, is connected with trade. There was it in the winter 1613/14 when come once again to continent coast the Dutch vessel under command of captain Adriana of the Block has lighted up on Hudson and seamen have been compelled to winter on the bank of the river. They have built four primitive huts and by that, is perfect that not suspecting, have begun the largest city of the modern United States. Huts as have shown archeological excavations, settled down on that place where now there passes the Broadway, to be exact - there where buildings at numbers 41-45 are located. In memory of the first builder and the inhabitant of New York the northeast part of Lond Island is named A.Bloka's by name.
After Block returning home general states of the Netherlands have given out the permission to thirteen Dutch merchants to do business around the river Hudson.
The Merchants who have arrived to New Light in 1614, have chosen the same place where the crew of the burnt down vessel of the Block has been compelled to winter for settlement. It was island which Indians named Manhattan, that in transfer the earth of plains and hills Â"meansÂ".
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