<Tr> <Td> 1830 </Td> <Td> 242,300 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1850 </Td> <Td> 696,100 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1880 </Td> <Td> 1,912,000 </Td> </Tr> <P> The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 . European settlement began with the Dutch in 1609 . </P>

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