New Tork. 247 



New York, the capital of a province of 

 the fame name is iituated under forty deg. 

 and forty min. north lat. and forty ieven 

 deg. and four min. of weftern long, from 

 London ; and is about ninety feven Englijh 

 miles diftant from Philadelphia. The ntu- 

 ation of it is extremely advantageous for 

 trade : for the town (lands upon a point 

 which is formed by two bays ; into one of 

 which the river Riidfon difcharges itfelf, 

 not far from the town ; New Tork is there- 

 fore on three fides furrounded with water : 

 the ground it is built on, is level in fome 

 parts, and hilly in others : the place is 

 generally reckoned very wholefome. 



The town was nrfl founded by theDntch : 

 this, it is faid, was done in the year 1623, 

 when they were yet matters of the country : 

 they called it New Amfierdam, and the coun- 

 try itfelf New Holland. The Englifi, towards 

 the end of the year 1664, taking porTeflion 

 of it under the conduct of Des Cartes, and 

 keeping it by the virtue of the next treaty 

 of peace, gave the name of New Tork to 

 both the town, and the province belong- 

 ing to it : in fize it comes nearer!: to Bojhn 

 and Philadelphia. But with regard to its 

 fine buildings, its opulence, and extenfive 

 commerce, it difputes the preference with 



Q_4 them : 



