Há 352 anos os ingleses capturaram Nova Amsterdão alterando-lhe o nome para Nova Iorque em honra do então Duque de Iorque (futuro James II de Inglaterra), apenas 38 anos depois da ilha de Manhattan se tornar propriedade holandesa. A Holanda abandonou definitivamente a colónia e quaisquer pretensões territoriais sobre aquela ilha pelo Tratado de Breda em 1667 reconhecendo a posse de Manhattan para a Inglaterra, mas garantindo em troca a posse das Molucas (historicamente conhecidas como as Ilhas das Especiarias, hoje na Indonésia), que a Inglaterra se comprometeu a não disputar. Selava-se assim o fim da Segunda Guerra Anglo-Holandesa, com vitória holandesa.
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352 years ago the English captured New Amsterdam, changing its name to New York in honor of the Duke of York (future James II of England), only 38 years after Manhattan became Dutch property. The Dutch permanently abandoned the colony and any territorial pretensions thereof by the Treaty of Breda in 1667 when they recognized the possession of Manhattan for England, in exchange for the Dutch possession of the Moluccas (historically known as the Spice Islands, today in Indonesia), which England agreed not to dispute. And so the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War was sealed, with a Dutch victory.
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352 years ago the English captured New Amsterdam, changing its name to New York in honor of the Duke of York (future James II of England), only 38 years after Manhattan became Dutch property. The Dutch permanently abandoned the colony and any territorial pretensions thereof by the Treaty of Breda in 1667 when they recognized the possession of Manhattan for England, in exchange for the Dutch possession of the Moluccas (historically known as the Spice Islands, today in Indonesia), which England agreed not to dispute. And so the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War was sealed, with a Dutch victory.
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