<Table> <Tr> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Director or Director - General </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cornelius Jacobsen May ( fl . 1600s ) </Td> <Td> 1624 </Td> <Td> 1625 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Explored Delaware Bay , New York Bay , Hudson River . </Li> <Li> Established base at Nut Island ( Noten Eylant ) and outposts including Fort Nassau on Delaware River . </Li> <Li> Cape May was named in his honour . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Willem Verhulst ( or van der Hulst ) ( fl . 1600s ) </Td> <Td> 1625 </Td> <Td> 1626 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Initiated construction of Fort Amsterdam on southern tip of Manhattan Island , and Fort Wilhelmus on the Delaware River . </Li> <Li> Unpopular with the colonists , he was quickly replaced . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Minuit ( 1580 -- 1638 ) </Td> <Td> 1626 </Td> <Td> 1631 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans on May 24 , 1626 for 60 Dutch guilders worth of goods . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sebastiaen Jansen Krol ( 1595 -- 1674 ) </Td> <Td> 1632 </Td> <Td> 1633 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wouter van Twiller ( 1606 -- 1654 ) </Td> <Td> 1633 </Td> <Td> 1638 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Previously a Dutch West India Company warehouse clerk , used family connections to the Rensselaer family to gain appointment </Li> <Li> purchased Nut Island ( Noten Eylant ) , later called Governor 's Island from Canarsee tribe for two axeheads , a string of beads and iron nails </Li> <Li> Lost the colony 's claim of the Connecticut River valley to New England settlers </Li> <Li> Pushed back encroaching Virginia settlers who tried to settle Delaware River valley </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Willem Kieft ( 1597 -- 1647 ) </Td> <Td> 1638 </Td> <Td> 1647 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Attempted to drive out Lenape tribe . </Li> <Li> Attacks on Pavonia and Corlears Hook , led to Kieft 's War . </Li> <Li> Fired by the Dutch West India Company in 1647 . </Li> <Li> Died at sea near Swansea , Wales on September 27 , 1647 while returning to Amsterdam aboard the Princess Amelia . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Stuyvesant ( c. 1612 - 1672 ) </Td> <Td> 1647 </Td> <Td> 1664 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Authorized charter for Communipaw and Bergen ( now Jersey City ) in 1660 . </Li> <Li> New Amsterdam , Pavonia , and other settlements attacked by the Susquehannocks during the brief Peach Tree War ( 1655 ) </Li> <Li> obtained victory the Esopus Wars against the Lenape and Esopus tribes </Li> <Li> Surrendered New Netherland to the British . </Li> <Li> Also the Director of Curaçao ( 1642 -- 1664 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Director or Director - General </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cornelius Jacobsen May ( fl . 1600s ) </Td> <Td> 1624 </Td> <Td> 1625 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Explored Delaware Bay , New York Bay , Hudson River . </Li> <Li> Established base at Nut Island ( Noten Eylant ) and outposts including Fort Nassau on Delaware River . </Li> <Li> Cape May was named in his honour . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Willem Verhulst ( or van der Hulst ) ( fl . 1600s ) </Td> <Td> 1625 </Td> <Td> 1626 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Initiated construction of Fort Amsterdam on southern tip of Manhattan Island , and Fort Wilhelmus on the Delaware River . </Li> <Li> Unpopular with the colonists , he was quickly replaced . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Minuit ( 1580 -- 1638 ) </Td> <Td> 1626 </Td> <Td> 1631 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans on May 24 , 1626 for 60 Dutch guilders worth of goods . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sebastiaen Jansen Krol ( 1595 -- 1674 ) </Td> <Td> 1632 </Td> <Td> 1633 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wouter van Twiller ( 1606 -- 1654 ) </Td> <Td> 1633 </Td> <Td> 1638 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Previously a Dutch West India Company warehouse clerk , used family connections to the Rensselaer family to gain appointment </Li> <Li> purchased Nut Island ( Noten Eylant ) , later called Governor 's Island from Canarsee tribe for two axeheads , a string of beads and iron nails </Li> <Li> Lost the colony 's claim of the Connecticut River valley to New England settlers </Li> <Li> Pushed back encroaching Virginia settlers who tried to settle Delaware River valley </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Willem Kieft ( 1597 -- 1647 ) </Td> <Td> 1638 </Td> <Td> 1647 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Attempted to drive out Lenape tribe . </Li> <Li> Attacks on Pavonia and Corlears Hook , led to Kieft 's War . </Li> <Li> Fired by the Dutch West India Company in 1647 . </Li> <Li> Died at sea near Swansea , Wales on September 27 , 1647 while returning to Amsterdam aboard the Princess Amelia . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Stuyvesant ( c. 1612 - 1672 ) </Td> <Td> 1647 </Td> <Td> 1664 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Authorized charter for Communipaw and Bergen ( now Jersey City ) in 1660 . </Li> <Li> New Amsterdam , Pavonia , and other settlements attacked by the Susquehannocks during the brief Peach Tree War ( 1655 ) </Li> <Li> obtained victory the Esopus Wars against the Lenape and Esopus tribes </Li> <Li> Surrendered New Netherland to the British . </Li> <Li> Also the Director of Curaçao ( 1642 -- 1664 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was the director general for the new netherland colony starting in 1647
who was the director general for the new netherland colony starting in 1647
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant