Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant (c. 1612 – August 1672), served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony New Netherland (known today as New York City) from 1647 to 1664, when the English took control of the island. [1] He was born in Peperga. He is a major figure in the early history of New York City. In Brooklyn, there are neighborhoods and streets named after him, such as named after him called Stuyvesant Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant (often shortened to Bedstuy).
Peter Stuyvesant Media
The Castello Plan of 1660 is the only Dutch-era map of the settlement on Manhattan
New Amsterdam in 1664, the year it was taken over by the British
Pear tree planted by Peter Stuyvesant
Hamilton Fish, a Governor of New York, was descended from Stuyvesant.
Coat of arms of Peter Stuyvesant
A bust of Stuyvesant by Dutch artist Toon Dupuis which was presented by Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Government to St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on 5 December 1915
References
- ↑ "Journal of New Netherland 1647. Written in the Years 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, and 1646". World Digital Library. 1641–1647. Retrieved 2013-08-01.