Peter Minuit - Wikipedia
WEBPeter Minuit (also Pierre Minuit (french version), or Peter Minnewit (dutch version))[ a][ 1] (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was a Walloon [ 2][ 3] (then part of the Spanish Netherlands) merchant born in Wesel, in present-day northwestern Germany. He was the 3rd Director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 ...
Peter Minuit | Dutch Colonial Governor & Founder of New …
WEBPeter 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.
Peter Minuit - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · The third director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, Peter Minuit is best known for "purchasing" Manhattan from a Native-American tribe in 1626. Updated: Aug 20, 2020 5:44 PM EDT....
Peter Minuit :: New Netherland Institute
WEBPeter Minuit is the other governor general who is well known probably largely because he made the historic purchase of Manhattan from the Indians. But the reason he is well known may also be caused by the relative peace that existed in the colony during his tenure.
Peter Minuit - Founder of New Netherland and New Sweden
WEBJul 22, 2019 · Peter Minuit was from Tournai, present-day Belgium. He was the 3rd Director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland. He also founded a colony on the Delaware Peninsula in 1638 called New Sweden, which would become the first Swedish colony in the New World.
Peter Minuit | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 23, 2018 · Peter Minuit (1580-1638) was director general of the New Netherland colony in America and founder of New Amsterdam. He later became first governor of New Sweden. Of Huguenot Walloon descent, Peter Minuit was born in …
Peter Minuit | Museum of the City of New York
WEBPeter (Pierre) Minuit (c. 1590-1638) was born in the German town of Wesel. His parents were Walloon (or French-speaking Protestant) refugees who had fled the southern Netherlands when the political situation had become …
Peter Minuit - History of Holland
WEBPeter Minuit. Peter Minuit was a large man, of middle age, whose hair was turning gray, whose eyes were black and dull, and whose manners were quite coarse. The "West Indische Compagnie" (Dutch West India Company) gave to this Governor absolute power over all the Dutch lands in America.
Peter Minuit in Manhattan | Biography, Work & Significance
WEBNov 21, 2023 · Peter Minuit was the Director of the New Netherland colony in modern-day New York and New Jersey. He is credited with purchasing Manhattan from local Native Americans for 60 German gold...
Peter Minuit - Wikiwand
WEBPeter Minuit was a Walloon merchant born in 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.