Article Title
First Page
41
ISSN
0843-5499
Last Page
51
Abstract
The purchase of Manhattan Island is an unrecorded event dressed in mystery and myth. An examination of the myth and of its history corrects misconceptions that are nearly as ancient as the purchase.
Publisher Information
The Society of Bead Researchers is a non-profit scientific-educational corporation founded in 1981 to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads and beadwork of all materials and periods, and to expedite the dissemination of the resultant knowledge. Membership is open to all persons involved in the study of beads, as well as those interested in keeping abreast of current trends in bead research.
Repository Citation
Francis, Peter Jr.
(2010).
"The Beads That Did Not Buy Manhattan Island."
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
22: 41-51. Available at:
https://surface.syr.edu/beads/vol22/iss1/7
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