Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
The Lenape tribe. The Lenape tribe inhabited Manhattan before the Europeans arrived, and it was the Lenapes who sold the island of Manhattan to the Dutch.
Reportedly, the head of the New Amsterdam Trading Company bought the island of Manhattan from the Native American tribes that laid claim to the island. The "price" Peter Minuit paid was in beads said to be worth 17 dollars.
The island of Mannahatta, now called Manhattan. The Dutch built Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in 1625, and from this grew New Amsterdam.
Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan Island in 1626.
Manhattan Island was purchased from the Indians for $24 dollars.
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Manhattan Island
The Dutch purchased it from the Indians in 1624
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Manhattan
The Lenape tribe. The Lenape tribe inhabited Manhattan before the Europeans arrived, and it was the Lenapes who sold the island of Manhattan to the Dutch.
Reportedly, the head of the New Amsterdam Trading Company bought the island of Manhattan from the Native American tribes that laid claim to the island. The "price" Peter Minuit paid was in beads said to be worth 17 dollars.
24 dollars
The island of Mannahatta, now called Manhattan. The Dutch built Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in 1625, and from this grew New Amsterdam.
22 us dollors
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