Author: CARPENTIER, Pieter de.
Title: Pieter de Carpentier. Gouverneur generaal van Nederlands Indiën
Description: Dordrecht, Amsterdam, Joannes van Braam, Gerard onder de Linden, 1725Engraved portrait after M. Balen by H.F. Diamaer. Ca. 30 x 17,5 cm.From: François Valentijn. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën. - Pieter de Carpentier (1586 -1659), born in Antwerp, was a Dutch, administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the fifth Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1623-1627). He participated in the conquest of Jakarta and helped to build the town of Batavia. He did much for the town, including setting up a school, a town hall, and the first orphanage home. He also designed the structure of the churches in the town. The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is named after him.Landwehr, VOC, 467, 4a; Muller, Portetten, 959.
Keywords: Batavia Indonesia VOC Dutch East India Company prints batavia prints voc
Title: Pieter de Carpentier. Gouverneur generaal van Nederlands Indiën
Description: Dordrecht, Amsterdam, Joannes van Braam, Gerard onder de Linden, 1725Engraved portrait after M. Balen by H.F. Diamaer. Ca. 30 x 17,5 cm.From: François Valentijn. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën. - Pieter de Carpentier (1586 -1659), born in Antwerp, was a Dutch, administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the fifth Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1623-1627). He participated in the conquest of Jakarta and helped to build the town of Batavia. He did much for the town, including setting up a school, a town hall, and the first orphanage home. He also designed the structure of the churches in the town. The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is named after him.Landwehr, VOC, 467, 4a; Muller, Portetten, 959.
Keywords: Batavia Indonesia VOC Dutch East India Company prints batavia prints voc
Price: EUR 60.50 = appr. US$ 65.75 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 35173
- Book number: 35173