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Peter Minuit (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was german 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.
May 28, 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.
Apr 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. (1580-1638)...
Peter Minuit, or Minnewit, was born about 1580 in Wesel, Cleves, a town that is now in Germany near the border with The Netherlands. In 1626 he sailed to North America, where Dutch settlers had established the province of New Netherland along the Hudson River and on the southern tip of Manhattan Island.
Learn about Peter Minuit, a Walloon refugee who became the director of New Netherland and the governor of New Sweden in the 17th century. Explore his role in the "purchase" of Manhattan, his conflicts with other colonists, and his tragic death at sea.
Jul 22, 2019 · Peter Minuit was the founded of New Netherland and New Sweden. Although they did not last he helped cultivate what became New York and Delaware.
May 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 Wesel on the German Rhine.
