The most famous bargain in American history was the native North

The most famous bargain in American history was the native North Americans sale of Manhattan Island in 1626 to Peter Minuit, of the Dutch West India Company, for a sack of beads, cloth and ironware worth 60 guilders, or about 24 by that time. The entire island, which lies next to the most highly populated city in the United States, cost just 41 cents per square kilometer