Stuyvesant
PETER, a Dutch military governor; born in Holland in 1602; served in the West Indies, was director of the Dutch colony of Curaçoa, and lost a leg in an attack on the Spanish island of St. Martin. In 1647 he was made director-general of the New Netherlands, and reached New Amsterdam (now STUYVESANT New York), in May of that year. Under his direction boundary lines were established between the Dutch and English possessions in America; but the British دل PETER STUYVESANT encroachments persisted till in August, 1664, an English fleet appeared in the bay and compelled the surrender of New Amsterdam, after which its name was changed to New York. Stuveysant went to Holland in 1665, but afterward returned and spent the remainder of his life on his farm, called the Bouwerij, from which the name Bowery was given to a well-known thoroughfare in New York City. He died in August, 1682.