About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 474. Not illustrated. Chapters: Settlements Established in 1620, Settlements Established in 1621, Settlements Established in 1622, Settlements Established in 1623, Settlements Established in 1624, Settlements Established in 1625, Settlements Established in 1626, Settlements Established in 1627, Settlements Established in 1628, Settlements Established in 1629, Manhattan, Gothenburg, Augusta, Maine, Antananarivo, Krasnoyarsk, Salem, Massachusetts, Bridgetown, Basseterre, Quincy, Massachusetts, Camden, New Jersey, Kokkola, Beverly, Massachusetts, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Chelsea, Massachusetts, New York City, Lynn, Massachusetts, Melrose, Massachusetts, Peabody, Massachusetts, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, New Castle, New Hampshire, Manchester-By-The-Sea, Massachusetts, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Valenzuela City, Cagayan de Oro City, Wessagusset Colony, Hull, Massachusetts, Segou, Marblehead, Massachusetts, Swampscott, Massachusetts, Kingston, Massachusetts, Rockport, Massachusetts, Saugus, Massachusetts, Bucaramanga, Churu, Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province, Charlestown, Boston, Brunswick, Maine, Kittery, Maine, Kongsberg, Kennebunk, Maine, Tornio, Aramberri, Nuevo Leon, Pitea, Iisalmi, Petare, Tharangambadi, Nuestra Senora Del Rosario de Baruta, Sersale, Saraikela, Sala, Sweden, Holetown, Friedrichstadt, Sandy Point Town, Dobryanka, Sanare, Venezuela, San Cristobal de La Paz, Traitors Island, Likhoslavl, Old Road Town, Spassk-Ryazansky, San Mateo, Aragua, Oyapoc. Excerpt: Manhattan - The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, an officer on Henry Hudson's yacht Halve Maen (Half Moon). A 1610 map depicts the name Manahata twice, on both the west and east sides of the Mauritius River (later named the Hudson River). The word "Manhattan" has been translated as "island of many hills" fro...