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1. In , the English explorer Henry Hudson rediscovered New York Harbor while searching for the Northwest Passage to the Orient for the Dutch East India Company. He proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River (now the Hudson River), named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange.

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2. Jul 31,  · Coney Island welcomed its furriest new resident on July 28, when Murphy the harbor seal pup was born at the New York Aquarium to parents Pickles and Coral. “The pup is doing well and getting used to her surroundings,” said Jon Forrest Dohlin, director of the aquarium.

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3. Flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, the New York Harbor is a body of water that surrounds Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Islandand some parts of New Jersey. For centuries, this harbour has played a crucial role in the regional economy and transportation network.

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4. New York Harbor is nearly lifeless due to pollution and overharvesting. It comes to be associated with filth and disease. The last commercial oyster bed in New York City closes.

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5. Aug 10,  · When British colonists first settled the area in the 17th century, New York Harbor “was a magnificent coastal paradise,” says John Cronin, a former New York commercial fisherman turned.

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6. Jul 28,  · The New York Aquarium, which is still closed to the public, has a new baby resident—a tiny harbor seal pup named Murphy. She was recently .

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7. Jul 28,  · CONEY ISLAND, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pup was born at the New York Aquarium on blazdowcstarlantrengiohanmosysmirale.coinfo, the new arrival is a female pup born to Coral and Pickles.

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8. Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of East Hampton [citation needed] and Southampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardiner's Bay. The population was 2, at the census.

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