Submitted by alexbeth on October 5, 2008

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1 - When Christopher Columbus first sailed the waters of the Hudson River he found a land that lived in perfect harmony with its occupants. It seemed almost untouched, although, humans had inhabited the area for millions of years. According to Tom Lewis in his book “The Hudson: a history” accounts of Hudson’s journey published by Johannes’s De Larc in his book “New World, or Description of Dutch West-India” published in 1625, suggested that “the Europeans had discovered wondrous sweet-smelling land covered with vegetation. It possessed the finest of cultivation that I ever seen in my life and set foot upon”. This harmony had only been possible because those that...

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