The Ships of the United States Navy

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Excerpt from The Ships of the United States Navy: An Historical Record of Those Now in Service and of Their Predecessors of the Same Name, 1776-1915New york. - One of the United States. It was first visited by Sebastian Cabot in 1497, and colonized by the Dutch East India Company in 1609, from whom it was captured by the British in 1664. The state joined the union in 1776, and ratified the Constitution in 1778. The city of New York is the largest and most important trade center in North America. It is situated on Manhattan Island, which was discovered by Hendrik Hudson in 1609. The 'dutch founded a colony here in 1631, and called it the settlement of New Amsterdam, but in 1664 Richard Nicholls took possession of it in the name of the Duke of York, when it received its present name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.