Rick wrote:
snippetysnip
> Of course, the worst example in history is the trade of handful of beads
>for Manhatten Island. The indians are still smirking about that one!!!!
And then, the Dutch traded Manhattan for Surinam, now an independent
country in the Northern part of South America, but until 1975 part of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.
We, the Dutch, are still smirking about that one....
Bert
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