Peter Minuit
✶January 1, 1580
†June 1, 1638
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✶January 1, 1580
†June 1, 1638
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Peter Minuit was a Walloon merchant and politician who was the 3rd director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631, and 3rd Governor of New Netherland. He founded the Swedish colony of New Sweden on the Delaware Peninsula in 1638.
third director-general of New Netherland, founder of the Swedish colony of New Sweden in 1638 (1580–1638)
Biography from the article Peter Minuit on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.