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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 234. Not illustrated. Chapters: Settlements Established in 1610, Settlements Established in 1611, Settlements Established in 1612, Settlements Established in 1613, Settlements Established in 1614, Settlements Established in 1615, Settlements Established in 1616, Settlements Established in 1617, Settlements Established in 1618, Settlements Established in 1619, Albany, New York, Tirana, Hampton, Virginia, Biddeford, Maine, Medellin, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Belem, Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Cordoba, Veracruz, Vallegrande, City Point, Virginia, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. George's, Bermuda, Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, Cambriol, Benguela, Kristianstad, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Irvinestown, Uusikaupunki, Oral, Kazakhstan, El Carmen, Nuevo Leon, Itu, Cittanova, Karjalohja, Gluckstadt, Cocorit, Posadas, Misiones, Apolo, La Paz, Henricus, Encarnacion, Paraguay, Sirinhaem, Hamiltonsbawn, Bacum, Baradero, Wolstenholme Towne, Magdalena, Buenos Aires, Penedo, Yeniseysk, Henrico City, Kuznetsk, James City, Elizabeth City, Charles City. Excerpt: Albany, New York - Albany is the oldest surviving European settlement from the original Thirteen Colonies. The area of Albany had been given different names by the various native tribes to the area. The Mohegans called it Pem-po-tu-wuth-ut, which means "place of the council fire" and the Iroqouis called it Sche-negh-ta-da, meaing "through the pine woods." In 1540 French traders (perhaps the first Europeans to visit the area) built a primitive fort on Castle Island; this fort was soon abandoned due to flooding. Permanent European claims began when Englishman Henry Hudson, exploring for the Dutch East India Company on the Halve Maen (or Half Moon), reached the area in 1609. In 1614, Hendrick Christiaensen rebuilt the French fort (referred to as a French c...
