New York
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates:
Lat: 40 42 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 40.7000 decimal degrees
Long: 074 00 00 W degrees minutes Long: -74.0000 decimal degreesNote: Located at mouth of Hudson River; visited by Europeans 16th-17th century. Established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic; which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland territory. It was seized by the British in 1664. Was a cosmopolitan center and the nation's largest city by the 18th century. Today it is a huge metropolis composed of five boroughs corresponding to five counties.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Untitled [1945 trip to New York City, New York]
Digital Image
Identifier: t-1948.ny.01-001
Dates:
1945; Digitized: March 5, 2009