Peter Minuit4 May 1626
Dutch explorer Peter Minuit lands on what is now Manhattan Island
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Dutch explorer Peter Minuit lands on what is now Manhattan Island
Peter Schager of Amsterdam informs the States General that the ship "The Arms of Amsterdam" had arrived with a cargo of furs and timber from New Netherlands and that the settlers there had bought the Island of Manhatten for 60 guilders
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