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Peter Stuyvesant

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Noun1.Peter Stuyvesant - the last Dutch colonial administrator of New NetherlandPeter Stuyvesant - the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
Petrus Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant
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The Swedes colony survived until 1655 when Peter Stuyvesant, a Dutchman, came and defeated the Swedes marking the end of the Swedes rule.
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