road island
road island
Peter Minuit
The Dutch.
Peter Minuit.
road island
road island
coffee beans? No, it is Manhatten.
Peter Minuit
They purchased it from the Lenape Indians of Canarsie (Brooklyn) in 1626 for 60 Dutch guilders or $24 worth of beaver pelt and trinkets.
Peter Minuit's was sent to bring all of the Dutch together in one colony. He bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for 60 guilder's worth of goods.
On 24 May 1626 Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan Island for 50 guilders worth of trade goods from the Native Americans for the Dutch West India Company.
The United States imports goods and services today worth millions of dollars. Some common goods that the United States imports is crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products.
they would skin large rodents and such for their fur
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Manhattan, which is only a part of New York City, and a very small part of New York State, was purchased by the Dutch from the Native Americans living nearby for trade goods worth 60 Guilders in 1626, which was estimated a hundred years ago to be the equivalent of $60, but is probably closer to the purchasing power of $1000 today.
The Dutch.