Sunday, April 09, 2006

11th State 1788...


1609
Henry Hudson explored the Hudson River
Samuel Champlain explored northern lakes

1626
Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan from Indians

Population 1790 - 340,120
Population 1890 - 6,003,174
Population 1970 - 18,190,740

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

New York City has 8,000,000 people living in 800 km2.

New York (state) has almost 19,000,000 people.

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