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Hendrick Zwaardecroon

governor general of Dutch East Indies
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Hendrick Zwaardecroon (born Jan. 26, 1667, Rotterdam, Neth.β€”died Aug. 12, 1728, Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indon.]) was the governor-general (1718–25) of the Dutch East Indies who introduced the cultivation of export crops there. Zwaardecroon went to the Indies in 1684 as secretary to the commissioner-general of the Dutch East India Company and advanced steadily until he was appointed governor-general in 1718, when the company was in serious financial difficulties. He took harsh...

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