Stuyvesant, Peter

A notoriously hot-tempered governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. In 1664, he surrendered it to the English, who renamed it New York.

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Stuyvesant's most familiar feature was his artificial right leg, fitted with silver ornaments.

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Stuyvesant, Peter, garden of, 18-19.

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Stuyvesant, Peter, director of Curaçao 172; director-general of New Netherlands, 172; struggle over representation, 172-173; conquest of New Sweden, 177; difficulties with the English, 177-178.

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Stuyvesant, Peter, 21, 60-62, 74.

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Peters' projection Peter the Great

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