Old New York : The life and time of Peter Stuyvesant a NYC tour.

a tour of Peter Stuyvesant fort New Amsterdam in old new york. Location 10 st. bowling green near china town St. marks place the village Rivington st and Broadway. A film by Carlos E. Diaz Papilos. Film in its actual true historical locations, New York City.

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• Stuyvesant
• Amsterdam
• old new york city
• village
• dutch
• Carlos E. Diaz
• native American
• bowling green
• lower east side
• LES
• humanities
• burial ground
• 10th St
• gangs
• tour st. china town
• St. marks place
• the village
• Rivington street
• history
• buying Manhattan
• Indian
• City Hall
• Yellow fever
• The east river
• New Jersey

[tourguideStan]

"Imagine buying Manhattan for twenty-four Dollars."

If you know your history, there WERE no dollars at that time. That was an estimate of the value of his trade goods (blankets, hammers, knives, etc.) made by a historian in the 1880s. At that time a workingman would make between $1 and $3 a day. $24 might be a month's pay, equivalent to $3000 now.

So don't imply that Manhattan was a bargain. It was a rocky, swampy island.

Overall, it's a really nice video. Thanks for posting it.

[cdlmt]

Thanks for the info!

[Urban058]

Nice video, i'm from The Netherlands and Peter Stuyvesant isn't well known over here. Except for the cigarette manufacturer.... :(

[cdlmt]

Thanks

[raindeer59]

I am an ancestor of Peter Stuyvesant...... so cool to see a video in his tribute..... thanks a bunch for the history lesson. I am in New York this month and plan to visit these areas.........

[cdlmt]

If you need more info let me know.

[AngelofJustize]

@raindeer59

An ancestor of Peter Stuyvesant? Wow, you have to be pretty old then.

[leapjrh]

@gillmore2011 I don't understand how nobody has yet to mention what a tyrant Stuyvesant was. His legal system was extremely harsh, even for his time period. He built "Wall Street", not for trading, but it was literally a wall which kept Dutch colonists trapped in his colony of terror. They wanted to flee for English territory. The English saw the people hated Stuyvesant, and brought 400 men to take Stuyvesant down. The Dutch were HAPPY and WELCOMED British rule. Nice ruler.

[gillmore2011]

i would of rather have a person telling us the story than playing the music

[raindeer59]

Ha... yes a descendant , not an ancestor..LOL !

[jakepontillo]

@raindeer59 You mean you are a descendant..

[raindeer59]

@kevikevkev .. Hey just curious how you know what you do know..... I have a small book written about him .Trying to find the book now to see who wrote it..... just curious about why there is so much mis information floating around.. I will find that book and see what it says about his tombstone.

[CCDevlin]

@raindeer59 you are an ancestor of Peter Stuyvesant? That would make you more than 400 years old.

[TigerRocket]

The 'fire water' the natives were plied with (previously unknown), probably went a long way to making them friendly toward 'trading' material goods (and rum) for land. All of the 'Five Nations' tribes migrated regionally with the seasons. Permanent settlement was an alien concept to them.

At first, they probably didn't think these guys were gonna hang around long and "claim" outright possession. But alas.....

[TigerRocket]

The "$24 deal" is a bit of a misnomer. The original transaction was not likely viewed as a "purchase" by the natives, but as a peculiar concept in 'rental' trade. They were probably a bit bemused by the idea. What was more important to them than the proverbial 'wampum' and furs, were the previously unknown technologies in iron farming implements. Imagine going your whole life with rough tools of wood and stone, and then being introduced to extremely precise, labor reducing instruments.

[theonlyantony]

Very interesting film. Have you read 'Nathaniel's Nutmeg'.? Great book. ; It's about the spice wars between the Dutch East India Company and the The East India Company in London. You'd love it, sir