Peter Minuit
✓ Source-basedrisingThird director-general of New Netherland, founder of the Swedish colony of New Sweden in 1638 (1580-1638)
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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.
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GermanyCategory
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Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1580 to 1638 · aged 58
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