400 Years in the Making: Celebrating Henry Hudson

<<We have all heard the story: in 1626, Dutch colonists purchased the isle of Manhattan for 60 guilders worth of kettles, blankets, beads, mirrors and knives; the equivalent—so the story goes—of $24. While the tale’s historical accuracy remains a bit fuzzy, the events leading up to it have beco…>>   (more…)

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