-> On 25 Aug 03  12:15:02, Roman Lyubchak got back to Gary Baumgartner 
-> Re: Today's_History

 RL> its 300th anniversary. And there is an interesting thing that is common
 RL> between St. Petersburg and New York: both of the towns were founded by
 RL> the shape of Amsterdam. 

I'm not sure what you mean by "the shape of Amsterdam".  I am 
guessing that you mean "founded by the Dutch".  


 RL> celebrated in a little more than 20 years, even had a name "New
 RL> Amsterdam" first. Could you give a bit more information abot the
 RL> history of New York? I know, its difficult to tell a history of a

Peter Minuit "bought" Manhattan Island from the natives.  What 
isn't as well know is that those natives did not have a claim 
at all to to the Island!  To an extent, the Dutch were swindled, 
not those natives.  

If you look at the river running straight south into New 
York City (usually abreviated as NYC), you will note that 
it is the Hudson River.  It was named after Henry Hudson, 
an explorer for the Dutch.  

If you have a good map, check out the names of the cities 
that lie along that valley.  And, at Albany, follow the 
river that flows into the Hudson River from the west.  
That one is the Mohawk.  

I hope this works for a starter...  

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