[And the answer to the ‘Bonus Question’ (if anyone cares): In 1609 the Dutch settled an island in the new world where two rivers emptied into the North Atlantic and named it New Amsterdam. Following hostilities between Britain and Holland in 1664, the British took control of the settlement on the southern tip of what is now known as the island of Manhattan and renamed it New York by which it has been known ever since. (The name New London had been taken eight years earlier by another bustling seaport 93 nautical miles up the coast in the British colony Connecticut.)] Quote