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THE HISTORY OF YACHTING
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been cast away during that period. Her hull was found to be in an excellent state of preservation, excepting the iron fastenings, which had entirely rusted away. Her lines were taken off, and are here given, together with her dimensions.

In 1664, when New Netherland was ceded by Holland to Great Britain, the name was changed to

DRAFT of the PILGRIM SHIP SPARROW-HAWK
body, sheer, and half breadth plan
Dimensions—Length 40 feet, Breadth 12 feet, 10 inches, Depth 9 feet, 7 ½ inches.

New York. The population of New Amsterdam, then, was about 1500, the whole population of New Netherland numbering nearly 10,000. In 1673 the city was surprised and captured by a Dutch squadron and the former name restored; but in 1674, it was again ceded to Great Britain, and the name of New York resumed.