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Born c.1550 • Amersfoort • Netherlands
Died February 1615 • Mauritius
Title / Office governor-general (1609-1615), Dutch East Indies
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
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Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
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Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
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Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
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Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
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Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
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Hendrick Zwaardecroon
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key. He wears a dark embroidered coat, a white ruff collar, and a black cap, with a trimmed beard and mustache.
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
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Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Johan De Witt
Johan De Witt
Dutch statesman
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
Cornelis Tromp, detail of an oil painting by Sir Peter Lely and Willem van de Velde; in the Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
Cornelis Tromp
Dutch admiral
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
Dutch colonial governor
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Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Dutch admiral
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
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William Louis
stadholder of Friesland
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Juan Guillermo Riperdá, duque de Riperdá
Dutch adventurer