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The underdeveloped Manhattan island was traded by the Dutch to the British empire in 1667. The trade was in exchange for the island Run in Indonesia which had valuable production of nutmeg. The nutmeg spice was as valuable as gold back then. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/why-banda-islands-were-once-more-valuable-manhattan-n787006?utm_source=perplexity https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/island-traded-for-manhattan?utm_source=perplexity
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