File:Peter Minuit portrait New Amsterdam 1600s light.jpg

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English: Peter Minuit, man who bought Manhattan for 24 dollars

Deutsch: de:Peter Minuit Governor von Neu-Amsterdam - Kein reales Bild - Historisierende Darstellung

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Image title	IH000657
Copyright holder	© Copyright 2013 Corbis
Short title	IH000657
Keywords	10105750 IH000657 adult beards Caucasian ethnicity Dutch European facial hair fine art government government official governor leader local government official male mustache people Peter Minuit political leader portrait print prominent persons visual arts Western European culture Western European descent

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