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Also Known As Petrus Stuyvesant
Born c.1592 • Netherlands
Died February 1672 • near New York City • New York

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Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, detail of an oil painting by an anonymous artist, first half of the 17th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
Jan van Riebeeck
Dutch colonial administrator
Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
William Penn
William Penn
English Quaker leader and colonist
John Winthrop
John Winthrop
American colonial governor
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer
John Smith
John Smith
British explorer
Lord North
Frederick North, Lord North
prime minister of United Kingdom
Humphrey Gilbert
Humphrey Gilbert
British explorer
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
American religious leader
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker
American colonial clergyman
Bradford, William
William Bradford
Plymouth colony governor
Sir William Berkeley
British colonial official