The Tyger was the ship used by Dutch captain Adriaen Block during his 1613-1614 voyage to explore the East Coast of North America and the present day Hudson River. Blocks map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term New Netherland Adriaen Block (fl. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Image of the Hudson River taken by NASA. View of the Hudson River in 1880s showing Jersey City View of the Hudson River from Battery Park, New York The Goldman Sachs Tower looms above the skyline of downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, overlooking the Hudson River. ...

In 1613, while moored in lower Manhattan on the Hudson, the Tyger was destroyed in a fire. Over the winter, Block and his men, with help from Lenape Indians, built the Onrust (Restless), which they used to explore the East River and Long Island Sound before returning to Europe in 1614. Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American people practicing small-scale agriculture to augment a largely mobile hunter-gatherer society in the region around the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River, and western Long Island Sound. ... This entry is about the East River in New York City. ... Long Island Sound near Guilford, Connecticut Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ...

In 1916, workmen uncovered the prow and keel of the Tyger excavating a new station for the New York City subway near the intersection of Greenwich and Dey streets (the area having been since filled in with landfill). Portions of the ship were removed and are preserved in the Museum of the City of New York. The remainder of the ship still rests approximately twenty feet below ground, due east of the former site of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... The Museum of the City of New York is an art and history museum founded in 1923 to present the history of New York City and its people. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ...

See also

• New Netherland