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Dec 4, 2025 · History, discipline that studies the chronological record of events, usually attempting, on the basis of a critical examination of source materials, to explain events.
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The written history of New York City begins with the arrival of the first European explorer to the area, Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1528 and his brief interactions with the Indigenous Lenape.
