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The Dutch settlement on Manhattan island was called New Amsterdam. It was founded in 1624 and served as the capital of New Netherland. In 1664, the settlement was seized by the English and renamed New York.
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Manhattan.
Dutch settlers established a settlement on Manhattan Island in 1624. This settlement later grew into the city of New Amsterdam, which eventually became New York City.
New Netherland. The settlement at New York City (Manhattan Island) was called New Amsterdam.
No continent bought Manhattan. It was bought by New Netherland, a Dutch settlement.
The original settlement founded by the Dutch was New Amsterdam, established in 1624 on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. It served as the capital of the Dutch colony of New Netherland and was primarily a trading post. In 1664, the English seized control of the settlement and renamed it New York.
The Dutch in 1613 established a fur trading settlement in what is now lower Manhattan. It was called Nieu Amsterdam (New Amsterdam) starting in 1625.
In history when the Dutch settled in Manhattan, they called it New Amsterdam.
The island of Mannahatta, now called Manhattan. The Dutch built Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in 1625, and from this grew New Amsterdam.
Manhattan was owned by the Dutch in 1639.
In 1639, Manhattan was owned by the Dutch as part of their colony known as New Netherland. The Dutch had established a settlement called New Amsterdam on the southern tip of the island. It remained under Dutch control until 1664, when the English seized it and renamed it New York.