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Fort Amsterdam founded
1625
Battery, Lower Manhattan
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The Dutch West India Company built its fort at the island's southern tip in 1625, and the settlement that grew around it became New Amsterdam. The English took it without a shot in 1664 and renamed it New York.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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