Peter Minuit

3rd Director-General of New Netherland

1580 CE to 1638 CE

Peter Minuit, Pierre Minuit or Peter Minnewit (1580 – August 5, 1638) is a Walloon from Wesel, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at this time part of the Duchy of Clèves.

He is the Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1633, and he founds the Swedish colony of New Sweden in 1638.

According to tradition, Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans on May 24, 1626 for goods to the value of 60 Dutch guilders, which has traditionally been said to be the equivalent of $24 USD

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