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Stuy·ve·sant (st

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nt), Peter or Petrus 1592?-1672.

Dutch colonial administrator. The last Dutch governor (1646-1664) of New Netherland, he was unpopular for his harsh leadership and in 1664 was forced to surrender the colony to England.

Stuyvesant [ˈstaɪvɪs^ənt]

(Biographies / Stuyvesant, Peter (?1610-1672) M, Dutch, POLITICS: colonial administrator) Peter. ?1610-72, Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland (later New York) (1646-64)

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Stuyvesant - the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)

Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant

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