. History of the city of New York . ar that a man who haseariud so honoralile a ])laee in history should be so little known to theworld. It is true that lie never held an ofticial position, yet he foundedtwo great connuercial companies, which were so prolific in results that,had justice been properly meted out, his name would have been inmior-talized. He contributed more than any power to annihilate Spain. Hebrought to New York the nation in which the principle of free commu-nities — the vital principle of American liberty — was carried out to itsfull extent. He made Sweden a maritime power. A
. History of the city of New York . ar that a man who haseariud so honoralile a ])laee in history should be so little known to theworld. It is true that lie never held an ofticial position, yet he foundedtwo great connuercial companies, which were so prolific in results that,had justice been properly meted out, his name would have been inmior-talized. He contributed more than any power to annihilate Spain. Hebrought to New York the nation in which the principle of free commu-nities — the vital principle of American liberty — was carried out to itsfull extent. He made Sweden a maritime power. And by the successof his enterjjrises, he was, in 1629, instrumental in saving Holland fromthe S])anish yoke, — an act so vast in its consequences that for it alonehe deserves the eternal gratitude of all Germanic Europe. In the mean time, and just about the date of the conclusion of thetwelve years truce with Spain, the East India Company had unwit-tingly discovered Mairhattan Island, with which account the next 26 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. CHAPTER II. 1609 - 1614. HENRY HUDSON. Henry Hudson. — His Voyages. — He discovers Manhattan Island. — His Voy-age UP the Hudson River. — His Visit to an Indian Chief. — His tragicalFate. — American Furs. — Settlement of Virginia. — Voyages to Manhattan.— The Fur Trade.—Burning of the Tiger. — Building of a Ship at Man-hattan. — Description of Manhattan Island. — The Manhattan Indians. —Customs and Dress.—Money and Politics.—Trading Privileges. OF the personal history of the illustrious navigator Henry Hudsonvery little is known. The first view we have of him is in thechurch of St. Ethelburge, Bishopsgate Street, London, in the summer of1607, whither he had gone with his crew to partake of the sacramentbefore sailing under the auspices of the Muscovy Comj)any in search of apassage to Asia across the North Pole. His whole life as known tothe world extends only over a period of about
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