This is a non-linear power point presentation I did for the computer class I'm taking.

3. History of New York City
New York City was discovered in 1524 by Giovanni da
Verrazzano, an Italian explorer, who originally named it
"Nouvelle Angoulême“. Europeans started to settle there
once a Dutch fur trading settlement was founded, and they
gave it the name "Nieuw Amsterdam“. Some time after, the
island of Manhattan was purchased by Peter Minuit for what
would be $1000 today approximately. After it was purchased
by him, the English conquered it in 1664 and finally gave it
it’s name as of today, “New York”, after the Duke of York and
Albany in England. It became the largest U.S. city by 1790.
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9. Things to do in New York City
• Take a ferry to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
• Visit the Empire State Building
• Go see the World Trade Center Memorial
• Buy buss passes and see all the different
Manhattan neighborhoods by double decker
bus (also a good mode of transportation
• See a Broadway play
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13. References
• http://www.ny.com/histfacts/settlement.html
• http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_faqs/faq.html
• http://manhattan.about.com/od/gettingaroun
d/a/parkingnyc.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

14. History of New York City
1898!

15. Facts about New York City
Brooklyn!