Peter Minuit
(1589-1638)
3rd Director of New Netherland (1626-31)
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Peter Minuit (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was a Wallonian merchant from Tournai, in present-day Belgium. He 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.
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1589 Wesel, Germany
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5 August 1638 (aged 49) Caribbean Sea
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