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Crewman Juan Rodriguez operates a trading post for Hendrick Christiaensen in Mannahattan


12/23/1613

– Juan Rodriguez (Jon Rodrigues) born to an African mother and Portuguese sailor in Santo Domingo, is the first recorded non-native American inhabitant of Manhattan

– Rodriguez traps and trades with the local inhabitants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_(Jan)_Rodriguez

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