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New Angoulême was the name given in 1524 by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano to the site of what would become New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. The name commemorated Francis I of France
Francis I of France

Francis I , was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547.Francis I is considered to be France's first Renaissance monarch....
, King of France and Count of Angoulême
Angoulême

Angoul?me is a communes of France in western France and capital of the Charente Departments of France....
 in the Charente
Charente

Charente is a departments of France in western France named after the Charente River....
 region in France. The place became a Dutch colonial settlement, named New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonization of the Americas settlement that later became New York City.The town developed outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland Territory which was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude as a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic as of 1624....
 after 1625, until it was conquered by the British in 1664 and renamed New York.






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New Angoulême was the name given in 1524 by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano to the site of what would become New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. The name commemorated Francis I of France
Francis I of France

Francis I , was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547.Francis I is considered to be France's first Renaissance monarch....
, King of France and Count of Angoulême
Angoulême

Angoul?me is a communes of France in western France and capital of the Charente Departments of France....
 in the Charente
Charente

Charente is a departments of France in western France named after the Charente River....
 region in France. The place became a Dutch colonial settlement, named New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonization of the Americas settlement that later became New York City.The town developed outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland Territory which was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude as a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic as of 1624....
 after 1625, until it was conquered by the British in 1664 and renamed New York.