See also:

• JAN

JAN PIETERSZOON See also:

• JAN PIETERSZOON COEN (1587-1630)

COEN (1587-1630)  , See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HOORN

Hoorn, and spent his youth at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the famous merchants the Piscatori . In 1607 he sailed from See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam to the Indies as second commercial See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, and remained away four years . He had proved so capable that in 1612 he was sent out a second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a trading expedition . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was made a councillor and director-general of the East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . Afterwards he became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president at See also:

• BANTAM

Bantam, and on the 31st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1617 he was promoted in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• LAURENS, HENRY (1724–1792)

Laurens Reaal to the See also:

• POST

post of governor-general . To his vigour and intrepidity the Dutch in no small measure owed the preservation and See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of their See also:

• EMPIRE

empire in the East . He took and destroyed Jacatra, and founded on its ruins the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Dutch East Indies, to which he gave the name of See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia . In 1622 See also:

• COEN, JAN PIETERSZOON (1587-1630)

Coen obtained leave to resign his post and return to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, but in his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence See also:

• GREAT

great difficulties had arisen with the See also:

• ENGLISH

English at Amboina (the so-called See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of Amboina), and in 1627 under pressure from the See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors of the East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company he again returned as governor-general to Batavia . In 1629 he was able to See also:

• BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat off a formidable attack of the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan of Mataram, sometimes styled See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• JAVA

Java, upon Batavia . He died the following year .