Founded by Peter Minuit,Founded in 1624. it founded because the colony was important in the fur trade and eventually became an agricultural resource thanks to the patroon system.It got its name from Duke of York the first Europeans to visit New York Were Vikings under Leif Ericso around A.D. 1000, but if they arrived, they left no trace.,Giovanni da Verrazano an explorer from Florence, Italy, explored the harbor. In 1607, Henry Hudson sighted Manhattan Island before sailing up the Hudson River. He was followed in 1613 by Adriaen Block, a Dutch explorer whose expedition erected the first buildings by Europeans on Manhattan Island.
