He sold NY to the English.
Peter Stuyvesant (1592-1672), the governor of the New Netherlands
Peter Stuyvesant was the govner of the middle colonie of New netherland which was later named New York after the duke of York. Pete ruled the colonie with a iron fist and traied and got a lot of...
Peter stuyvesant was married to a woman named Judith bayard
Peter Stuyvesant didn't discover anything, but he was one of the early governers of New Netherlands.