1630

From New York

[edit] Events

• 10 August: The Dutch West India Company gives Michael Pauw a patronship that includes Staten Island.
• A map published by Johannes de Laet features the names "Manhattan," "New Amsterdam," and "North River" for the first time.
• The colony begins to make money this year; 113,000 guilders in goods is imported while 130,000 guilders worth is exported.

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