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    Peter Minuit (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was a Walloon merchant from Wesel, in present-day northwestern Germany. He was the 3rd Director of...
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    as well. The complex includes the 2-acre (8,100 m2) Peter Minuit Plaza, named after Peter Minuit. Justin Davidson wrote for Newsday that the hub was "an...
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    40°42′12″N 74°01′03″W / 40.70330°N 74.01748°W / 40.70330; -74.01748 Peter Minuit Plaza is an urban square serving the intermodal transportation hub at...
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  • from New Zealand Peter Minuit (between 1580 and 1585 – 1638), Dutch settler known for purchasing Manhattan in 1626 Les Éditions de Minuit, French publishing...
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    of the United States Dutch colonization of the Americas Dutch Empire Peter Minuit List of colonial governors of New York Informational notes The exact...
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    admiral from Finland. Blommaert assisted the fitting-out and appointed Peter Minuit (the former Governor of New Netherland) to lead the expedition. The expedition...
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  • considerable debate over the evidence that also supports the purchase by Peter Minuit. Verhulst sailed from the Netherlands in January 1625 on the ship Orangenboom...
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    Amsterdam. He was replaced as the company director of New Netherland by Peter Minuit in 1626. According to the writer Nathaniel Benchley, to legally safeguard...
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    Africans (most as enslaved labor, some later gaining "half-free" status). Peter Minuit became Director of the New Netherland in 1626 and made a decision that...
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    Hudson River, creating the Dutch colony of New Netherland. In 1626, Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape Indians and established...
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