Editing Peter Minuit (section)

== Death ==
During this voyage, Minuit drowned when the ship he was visiting (at the invitation of its Dutch captain, a friend of Minuit), [[The Flying Deer (ship)|''The Flying Deer'']], was lost with all hands during a [[list of Atlantic hurricanes in the 17th century#1625–1649|hurricane]] near St. Kitts. One ship sank near the [[Azores]], another arrived without mast.<ref>Kernkamp, G.W. (1908) Brieven van Samuel Blommaert aan den Zweedschen Rijkskanselier Axel Oxenstierna 1635–1641, p. 158. In: Bijdragen & Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, nr. 29.</ref> The losses suffered, such as goods and Minuit, caused irreversible damage to Sweden's colonization attempts. Two years later, Swedish Lt. [[Måns Nilsson Kling]], whose rank was raised to captain, replaced Minuit as governor. Nine expeditions to the colony were carried out before the Dutch captured it in 1655.<ref>Bente, Friedrich, 1858–1930. [https://archive.org/details/americanluthera01bentgoog/page/n27  American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism]: Lutheran Swedes in Delaware. Concordia: 1919, p. 11.</ref>