Complex sentence: Fur trader Juan Rodriguez (in Dutch as Jan Rodrigues), born in Santo Domingo of Portuguese and African descent, arrived in Manhattan during the winter of 1613--1614, trapping for pelts and trading with the local population as a representative of the Dutch.
Split into simpler sentences: Fur trader Juan Rodriguez (in Dutch as Jan Rodrigues) was born in Santo Domingo of Portuguese and African descent. He arrived in Manhattan during the winter of 1613--1614, trapping for pelts and trading with the local population as a representative of the Dutch.