The New England magazine . views in Amer-ica. The prospect embraces a large part of East River, crowded with ship-ping, and tracked by an endless variety of steamers, flying through thechannel in quick succession; of the city of New York, extending, as far aseye can see, in closely piled masses of architecture; of the Hudson, and theshore of Jersey, beyond; of the bay and its bright islands, and of a consid-erable part of Long and Staten Islands, and the Highlands of more comprehensive, lively and interesting view is nowhere to be found. Historically, Brooklyn will long be remember
The New England magazine . views in Amer-ica. The prospect embraces a large part of East River, crowded with ship-ping, and tracked by an endless variety of steamers, flying through thechannel in quick succession; of the city of New York, extending, as far aseye can see, in closely piled masses of architecture; of the Hudson, and theshore of Jersey, beyond; of the bay and its bright islands, and of a consid-erable part of Long and Staten Islands, and the Highlands of more comprehensive, lively and interesting view is nowhere to be found. Historically, Brooklyn will long be remembered for the battle foughtin its neighborhood between the British and Hessians under the commandof General Howe, and the Americans under the immediate command ofGenerals Putnam and Sullivan. It was a contest of a body of ill-disciplinedmilitia against twice their number of regular troops, and ended in defeat;but the retreat conducted by General Washington saved the army, andrelieved a little the dark fortunes of the day. 576. VIEW FROM THE TELEGRAPH SIGNAL,NEW YORK BAY THE first visitor to the Bay of New York, and the writer of the firstdescription on record, was John de Verrazzano, a Florentine, in theservice of Francis the First. This bold navigator had been for some timein command of four ships, cruising against the Spaniards. But his littlefleet being separated in a storm, Verrazzano determined, with one of them,the Dauphin, to take a voyage in search of new countries. He arrived onthe American coast, somewhere near North Carolina, and first proceededsouth as far as the region of palm-trees, probably Florida. He then turnedand proceeded north till he entered a harbor, which he describes thus, in apassage of a letter addressed to his Royal master: This land is situated in the paralele of Rome, in forty-one degreesand two terces; but somewhat more cold by accidentall causes. The mouthof the haven lieth open to the south, half a league broad; and being entredwithin it, between t
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