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    This island was reportedly bought with beads while a mansion planted at its heart was bought with a necklace and some cash by purveyors of expensive baubles and watches. Which mansion?

    Question #104988. Asked by edmund80. (Apr 23 09 3:02 PM)


    goobas

    		Plant mansion on Manhattan.
    http://www.professionaljeweler.com/archives/articles/2000/aug00/0800i2.html

    Apr 23 09, 3:09 PM
    edmund80

    		Correct, it is the Morton Plant Mansion, bought by luxury goods seller Pierre Cartier in 1917 for $100 and a million dollar pearl necklace.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/cprimm_manly427/3428571552/in/pool-newyorkers
    http://www.cartier.com/en/The_Maison_Cartier/history/1917

    "The story of the purchase of the island of Manhattan is legendary. Most people see it as proof of how the simple American Indians were hoodwinked by those crafty Europeans...The Dutchmen bought the island for twenty-four American dollars’ worth of beads and mirrors, or so the story goes. The question, however, is whether this account of the event is based on fact."
    http://www.kb.nl/coop/geheugen/extra/tentoonstellingen/atlanticworldEN/tentoon5.html

    Apr 23 09, 11:33 PM

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