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

Peter_Minuit_portrait_New_Amsterdam_1600s_light.jpg ‎(360 × 472 pixels, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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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
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Copyright holder
  • © Copyright 2013 Corbis
Short title
  • IH000657
Keywords
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  • 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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