Pieter Stuyvesant (c. 1612 – August 1672) often Anglicized to Peter Stuyvesant, served as the last DutchDirector-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City. Stuyvesant's accomplishments as director-general included a great expansion for the settlement of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York) beyond the southern tip of Manhattan. Among the projects built by Stuyvesant's administration were the protective wall on Wall Street, the canal that became Broad Street, and Broadway.
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Noun 1. the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672) (synonym) Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant (hypernym) administrator, executive
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