Dutch traders purchased the island of "Man-a-hatt-a" from the Algonquin Indians in 1621 for $24 worth of beads and other trinkets, marking one of history's most famous real estate sales. Originally called Nieuw Amsterdam by the Dutch settlers, the settlement was renamed New York, in honor of the Duke of York, after the English took control of the island in 1664.
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