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Petrus Stuyvesant   /pˈɛtrəs stˈaɪvəsənt/   Listen
Petrus Stuyvesant

noun
1.
The last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672).  Synonyms: Peter Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant.






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"Petrus stuyvesant" Quotes from Famous Books



... incompetence of Kieft and the disastrous results of the Indian war he had aroused led at last to his removal, and in May, 1647, a new director-general arrived, Petrus Stuyvesant, who had made a good record as governor of Curacao in the West Indies. Stuyvesant, the last of the Dutch governors, was a man of character, brave, honest, capable and energetic; but he was proud, headstrong and tyrannical, and had such high notions of a governor's prerogative ...
— Narrative of New Netherland • Various



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