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1. An Eternal Now

   Monday Oct 19 | Commonweal

   ... anniversary of Henry Hudson's Half Moon arriving in New York Harbor and sailing up what was then called the North River, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has lent the Met Vermeer's The Milkmaid (until November 29), a work mesmerizing on its own but also ...

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   Related Topix: Painting, Arts, Netherlands, Delft, Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, World News, Hague, NY

2. A Statue for Verrazzano, Here in 1524

   Oct 7, 2009 | International Herald Tribune

   ... cause of gratefulness for all New Yorkers, for it was Giovanni da Verrazzano who discovered these waters of the North River. All you who are present know what history says; but children like myself do not know it. I would like that all children of ...

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3. Depeche Mode fans get their own party cruise w/Photo

   Sep 16, 2009 | NY Daily News

   The Depeche Mode New York Fanclub and TISWAS NYC invite you to an exceptional night - Party Cruise on the Hudson.

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   Related Topix: New York, NY, Manhattan, NY, Events

4. The Dutch invade NY -- 400 years after Henry Hudson did it

   Sep 8, 2009 | New York Daily News

   ... to New York, kicking off a six-day celebration marking the 400th anniversary of the voyage up what was called North River, before it was renamed for Hudson. Willem-Alexander, Crown Prince of Orange, and his wife, Princess Maxima , were greeted by a ...

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   Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, New York, NY, Alexander, NY, New York

5. Your perfect Sunday: Tugboats, Brazil and mesmerizing art

   Sep 5, 2009 | Time Out New York

   ... heading to the Governors Island Art Fair . You will then make a stop at the Brazilian Day Festival , the Great North River Tugboat Race and Competition and the last Sunday Best . You will empty your bank accounts, place the money in an unmarked bag ...

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6. Making Accommodations w/Photo

   Aug 1, 2009 | New York Times

   ... the Hudson from New York to Albany in 1807. (The boat, derided locally as Fulton's Folly, was registered as the North River Steamboat and later called the Clermont.) But for decades, steam power was not considered feasible for Atlantic crossings; ...

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7. When the Half Moon Was on the Hudson

   Jul 18, 2009 | New York Times

   The history of Dutch colonialism and influence in New York is explored in artworks and period items.

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8. Fred LeBrun on the Half Moon

   Jun 1, 2009 | Times Union

   ... before Europeans set foot on this continent. The river, of course, is Henry Hudson's, known in his time as the North River, or the Mauritius, or ''the river that flows both ways'' by resident natives. A fjord, really, and not a true river, at least ...

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   Related Topix: Albany, NY, Troy, NY, Champlain, NY