Minuit
Americannoun
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And 57,000 people who just wanted to fish and mind their own business are waking up to discover they’re sitting on the most valuable real estate since Peter Minuit came upon Manhattan.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
I spot a shelf full of what look like freshly printed copies of Beckett plays and novels from his longtime French publisher, Les Éditions de Minuit.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022
It is alleged that the Governor-Director Peter Minuit traded for the island of Manhattan with the Lenape but no bill of sale has ever been found.
From Scientific American • Oct. 14, 2018
The company hired Peter Minuit to find land in North America that had not yet been claimed.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Minuit was recalled in 1632, and he left the province in a highly prosperous condition.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
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