History of New York.

Hey bloggers! How is the day? I saw this information on the Internet about the history of NYC and I found it amazing. Hope you like it.

The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown, who sailed his ship into New York Harbor. He claimed the area for France and named it New Angoulême. In 1609 English explorer Henry Hudson re-discovered the region when he sailed his ship into New York Harbor.

He made a ten-day exploration of the area and claimed the region for the Netherlands. It was later called New Amsterdam in 1625. In 1626, the Dutch purchased Manhattan Island from the Native Americans for 60 guilders (about $1000).

The city grew so fast, increasing the number of immigrants, first from Germany and Ireland during the 1840s and 50s and then from southern and eastern Europe, changing the face of the city. New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history.