Why was New York named after the Duke of York in your own words.

Island New Amsterdam (New Amsterdam), after the capital city of the Netherlands, which was to become present-day New York. ... They changed the name to New York, to honor the Duke of York, who later became King James II of England and James VII of Scotland. The Dutch surrendered Nieuw Amsterdam without fighting

Explanation:

that’s true, tatiana prouskouriakoff established that the inscriptions were primarily historical.   they recorded events in the lives of mayan rulers and their families.