Henry Hudson Taking Possession of Manhattan Island

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $10.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:595784
Type: Postcard
Postmark: 1909 Sep-16
Postmark City: Jersey City
Postmark State: NJ
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.25" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Henry Hudson took possession of Manhattan Island, in the name of the Dutch East India Corporation composed of the leading merchants of Holland, and the outfitters of the Expedition of the "Half Moon" on its search for an Arctic passage to India, Sept. 1609.

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