Treaty of Breda: nutmeg for Manhattan
The Dutch keep a nutmeg islet; the English keep New York
The Second Anglo-Dutch War ended on the basis of "keep what you hold". The Dutch kept the tiny island of Run in Indonesia, a source of precious nutmeg, while England kept New Amsterdam, captured in 1664 and already renamed New York.
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In 1667 the Dutch chose a tiny nutmeg island over Manhattan. Under the Treaty of Breda they kept Run in Indonesia, while the English kept New Amsterdam, which became New York. Share →
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