Peter Minuit, the director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, is often credited with purchasing Manhattan Island from the local Lenape (Manhattan) Indians in 1626. The transaction was reportedly completed for goods valued at 60 guilders, often interpreted as a symbolic gesture rather than a formal land sale. This event marked the beginning of significant Dutch settlement in the area, which would later become New York City.
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