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Vietnam Veterans Plaza . . The triangular area now known as Vietnam Veterans Plaza was built in 1971. The site, formerly named Jeanette Park, was named in honor of The Jeanette, the flagship of an ill-fated Arctic expedition (1879-1881). In 1982…
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New Amsterdam Plein: Nine. Minuit's Legacy. . The English took over the Dutch colony in 1664, and New Amsterdam became New York. But the Dutch roots still thrive. Peter Minuit and his compatriots set Manhattan on course as a melting pot and busi…
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New Amsterdam Plein: Eight. The Mix. The Manhattanites were so focused on survival in the 1630s, that they might scarcely have noticed the changes. More sails appeared in the harbor bringing varied faces. Ebony faces from the highlands of Angola. …
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New Amsterdam Plein: Seven. Manhattan. New Amsterdam Plein : Seven . Manhattan . . As the settlers explored their island, they found it was wondrously varied: high hills, charging streams, ponds, stands of chestnut, poplar and pine. A brook flo…
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New Amsterdam Plein : Six . New Amsterdam . . Under Peter Minuit, the settlers of the little city of New Amsterdam worked quickly. By about 1627 they had 30 wooden houses constructed along "The Strand", facing the bluffed shore 500 ya…
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New Amsterdam Plein: Three. The Island. New Amsterdam Plein : Three . The Island . . Peter Minuit arrived at a colony in turmoil. Some 150 miles upriver from the harbor, several Dutch soldiers were killed by Mohawk Indians. The settlers panicke…
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New Amsterdam Plein: Four. . . Every reader of history knows the story: Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island in 1626 from a group of Indians for 60 guilders worth of goods, or as a 19th century historian calculated it, 24 dollars. Of the thousan…
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New Amsterdam Plein: Five. . . There was an actual deed for the sale of Manhattan but it vanished long ago. Fortunately, a Dutch official was on the dock in Amsterdam in 1626 when a ship from Manhattan arrived. The letter he wrote to his superio…
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New Amsterdam Plein: Two. Peter Minuit. . He had grown up speaking German, but his ancestry was French, so his name was pronounced in the French wat - Min-wee. He had no military training, but he was an individualistic, take-charge sort who woul…
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New Amsterdam Plein: One. A New Land. One A New Land . By tens and twenties the settlers came in 1624 and 1625, pitching on the inhuman waves in frightfully vulnerable wooden ships. Two months it took to follow in the wake of the English explor…
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