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A depiction of 17th-century life in New Amsterdam, the Dutch settlement on the island of Manhattan that eventually became New York City. While legends about the purchase of the island abound ...

Hundreds of years ago, the Dutch landed on what they called New Amsterdam, purchasing the island for $24 from the Algonquin Natives, according to the Library of Congress. These settlers influenced ...