stuyvesant, peter

Finding the appearance of New Amsterdam a total disgrace, Peter Stuyvesant begins issuing no-nonsense proclamations to rectify the situation.

Traces the history of the Dutch presence in North America, and provides information about seventeenth-century Dutch leader Peter Stuyvesant, a stern war hero who was sent in 1647 to establish order in New Netherland, a Dutch colony located at the site of modern-day New York.

A biography of the hot-tempered leader who, though intolerant and unpopular, brought major reforms to the colony of New Netherlands before its surrender to the British in 1664.

A brief biography of the Dutchman who arrived to be governor of New Amsterdam in 1647 and turned it from a muddy village into a well-organized city.

Finding the appearance of New Amsterdam a total disgrace, Peter Stuyvesant begins issuing no-nonsense proclamations to rectify the situation.