Algonquians “Sell” Manhattan Island
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: May 6, 1626
Article abstract: The Dutch gain a stronghold in North America that they will relinquish to the British four decades later.
Summary of Event
In the early seventeenth century, the Netherlands, like other nations of northern Europe, sent out explorers to search for a sea route around North America to the riches of eastern Asia. The principal explorer for the Dutch was Henry Hudson, an Englishman, who, in 1609, explored the river that bears his name. When Hudson and other navigators failed to find the Northwest Passage, the Dutch, like other Europeans,...
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