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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 ...
- 1638 (aged 58), St. Christopher
- Sebastiaen Jansen Krol
2. 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.
Der aus Wesel stammende Peter Minuit kauft von den Lenape-Indianern die Insel Manhattan für 60 Gulden. Er ist seit einigen Monaten Gouverneur von Neu-Holland. 42 Jahre später beansprucht König...
Peter Minuit was a Walloon who became the governor general of New Netherland in 1626 and purchased Manhattan from the Indians for 60 guilders. He also founded a Swedish settlement near Delaware and died at sea in 1638. Learn more about his life, legacy and references from this web page.
2. Apr. 2014 · Peter Minuit was the third director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, best known for "purchasing" Manhattan from a Native-American tribe in 1626. He also founded a Swedish colony in the Delaware Bay and died in a Caribbean hurricane in 1638. Learn more about his life, achievements and legacy.
