FILE - In this May 25, 2003 file photo, the "Half Moon," a replica of the ship that Henry Hudson used to discover the Hudson River, sails up the Hudson River near Selkirk, N.Y. In September 2009, a replica of the Half Moon will recreate its voyage of discovery up the Hudson
In this photo released by the Museum of the City of New York, a 1698 Map of Amsterdam by Frederik de Wit shows what was then New Amsterdam but is currently the lower end of Manhattan. Four hundred years after Henry Hudson sailed his ship Half Moon up a river that would one day bear his name, historians are marking his role in the evolution of a tiny Dutch trading post into a world capital with a series of events and exhibits
In this photo released by the Museum of the City of New York, a circa 1660 painting entitled "The Costello Plan" by Jacques Cortelyou, showing what was then New Amsterdam but is currently the lower end of Manhattan is shown. Four hundred years after Henry Hudson sailed his ship Half Moon up a river that would one day bear his name, historians are marking his role in the evolution of a tiny Dutch trading post into a world capital with a series of events and exhibits.
In this image released by the Museum of the City of New York, an undated lithograph depicting a 17th century man who is purported to be Henry Hudson is shown. Four hundred years after Henry Hudson sailed his ship Half Moon up a river that would one day bear his name, historians are marking his role in the evolution of a tiny Dutch trading post into a world capital with a series of events and exhibits.
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