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Peter Minuit (irrtümliche Schreibweise: Minnewit), (* zwischen 1585 und 1594 in Wesel, Herzogtum Kleve; † im August 1638 vor St. Christopher, Westindische Inseln) war ein Seefahrer und vermeintlicher Begründer von Nieuw Amsterdam (dem heutigen New York City).
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 the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631, and 3rd Governor of New Netherland. He founded the Swedish colony of New Sweden on the Delaware Peninsula in ...
28. Mai 2024 · Peter Minuit (born c. 1580, Wesel, Kleve [Germany]—died June 1638, Caribbean Sea) was a Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam who is mainly remembered for his fabulous purchase of Manhattan Island (the nucleus of New York City) from the Indians for trade goods worth a mere 60 guilders.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Peter Minuit galt lange als der Gründer New Yorks und als bedeutendster Sohn der niederrheinischen Stadt Wesel. Obwohl er großen Anteil an der Entwicklung jener Siedlung hatte, aus der das heutige New York erwuchs, muss seine Bedeutung im Licht der Quellen heute differenzierter betrachtet werden.
Learn about Peter Minuit, the Walloon who became the director and governor general of New Netherland in 1626. He is best known for buying Manhattan from the Indians for 60 guilders and introducing democracy in the colony.
2. Apr. 2014 · Learn about Peter Minuit, the third director of New Netherland, who is famous for buying Manhattan from the Lenape Indians in 1626. Find out his early life, career, controversies and legacy in this biography.
Minuit, Peter Minuit (Minewitt, Minnewit, Myniewit), Peter Kaufmann, Gouverneur von Neu-Niederland und Neu-Schweden, * vor 1589 Wesel, † (verschollen) Juli/August 1638 vor Saint Christopher (Karibik).
