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| Section | PAGE |
| EARLY HISTORY | i |
| POSITION AND SIZE | iv |
| RELIEF | iv |
| CLIMATE | vii |
| DRAINAGE | viii |
| PLANTS AND ANIMALS | ix |
| AGRICULTURE | xi |
| MINERALS | xii |
| TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION | xiv |
| RECREATION AND HEALTH | xv |
| GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION | xvi |
| POPULATION | xix |
| CITIES, TOWNS, BOROUGHS, AND VILLAGES | xx |
| TABLES | xxvii |
GEOGRAPHY OF NEW JERSEY
Henry Snyder, A.M., Sc.D.
Superintendent of Schools, Jersey City, New Jersey
Copyright, 1916, 1921, by American Book Company.
EARLY HISTORY
The original inhabitants of New Jersey Hwere Indians of the Delaware tribe, whichbelonged to the Algonquin family. Theearly white settlers were of different nationalities,—Dutch,Swedes, English, and French.The geographical names of the state areinteresting reminders of the various occupants.
The first exploration of the state wasmade by Henry Hudson, who, in the employof the Dutch EastIndia Company, sailed for aweek in 1609 on the watersof Delaware Bay and DelawareRiver, which the Dutchcalled South River, in searchof a northwest passage toIndia. Failing to find it,he sailed