[DOC] [TLE] Peter Minuit - Wikipedia [PAR] Peter Minuit, Pieter Minuit, Pierre Minuit or Peter Minnewit (between 1580 and 
1585  August 5, 1638) was a Walloon from Wesel, in present-day North Rhine-
Westphalia, Germany, then part of the Duchy of Cleves. His surname means "
midnight". He was Director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 
1631 ... Minuit is credited with purchasing the island of Manhattan from the Native
... [DOC] [TLE] Peter Minuit - New Netherland Institute [PAR] The man who "bought" Manhattan Island. ... to establish a Finnish-Swedish 
settlement, called New Sweden, near what is now Wilmington, Delaware. It was 
in... [DOC] [TLE] Peter Minuit - Government Official, Explorer - Biography.com [PAR] Nov 20, 2015 ... Minuit later founded a Swedish colony in the Delaware Bay before his ... He 
eventually joined the Dutch West Indian Company (WIC), which ... One of his first 
tasks was to "buy" Manhattan from its inhabitants, and sometime shortly after his 
... cloth and ornaments to the Lenape Indians for what he believed to... [DOC] [TLE] New Sweden: A Brief History [PAR] With map in hand, Minuit showed the Swedish government where he thought the 
... to let the Swedish government know that they now had a colony in the New 
World. ... most notably the Lenape and Minquas, the Swedes were able to buy 
Indian ... Wilmington, Delawareincluding the land that the Dutch Fort Nassau 
sat on. [DOC] [TLE] The Swedish come the America - The Founders & Patriots of America [PAR] Originally the company was owned one-half by Dutch owners and one-half by ... 
After the colony fell, he remained in what had been New Sweden, and held 
several ... Minuit offered to buy the river and adjoining land. ... The first 
established settlement was built at what is now Wilmington, Delaware, and called 
Fort Christina. [DOC] [TLE] History [PAR] He became Lord de La Warr only as a courtesy to his father Lord de la Warr. ... is 
regarded by many to be the first "civilized man" to set foot in what is now 
Delaware. ... and Samuel Godwyn send a crew to the Delaware Bay area to buy 
land. ... Following the seizure of the colony of New Sweden, the Dutch restored 
the name... [DOC] [TLE] Peter Minuit | Dutch colonial governor | Britannica.com [PAR] Sep 20, 2016 ... Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam who is mainly remembered for his 
fabulous purchase of Manhattan Island (the nucleus of New York City) from ... (
March 1638) New Swedenthe first settlement on the Delaware River. ... soon 
after to the island of Saint Christopher (now Saint Kitts and Nevis) in... [DOC] [TLE] Peter Minuit Facts *** - Colonial America [PAR] What was his involvement in the early colonization of America? ... Peter Minuit (
1580-1638) was the Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native ... of 
the Dutch colony of New Netherland (1626 - 1633) and founded the Swedish 
colony of New ... He is also referred to as Peter Minuet, Pieter Minuit and Pierre 
Minuit. [DOC] [TLE] Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1713 [PAR] 1638 - After a 4-month voyage from Gothenburg, Kalmar Nyckel arrives in the ... 
Fort Christina at present Wilmington and leaves 24 men, under the command of 
Lt. ... Delaware and Fort New Gothenburg on Tinicum Island, where he also 
builds his ... Dutch build Fort Beversreede on east side of Schuylkill, but Swedes 
thwart... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of the Americas - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] Lucas Vzquez de Aylln (1475-1526) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer 
who ... He was the first European colonizer of what is now South Carolina. .... 
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition to explore the newly-
bought ..... After buying land from the Fox Indians, he started mining lead near 
what is... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers from the 1600's - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] Samuel de Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who 
mapped ... As a teenager, he sailed to the

Question: After buying Manhattan for the Dutch, he bought what's now Wilmington, Delaware for the Swedes
Answer: Peter Minuit