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minus-squarexX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months agoEven old New York used to be New Amsterdam…
minus-squareUncleSnakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoI can’t say, people just liked it better that way.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit#:~:text=A common account states that,U.S. dollars as of 2020.
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoOriginally Dutch colony, then English colony
minus-squareredbeardgecko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoIstanbul, not Constantinople!
Even old New York used to be New Amsterdam…
Why they changed it?
I can’t say, people just liked it better that way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit#:~:text=A common account states that,U.S. dollars as of 2020.
Originally Dutch colony, then English colony
Istanbul, not Constantinople!