See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

ANTHONY See also:

• VAN

VAN See also:

• ANTHONY VAN DIEMEN (1593–1645)

DIEMEN (1593–1645)  , Dutch See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral and 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 See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian settlements, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kuilenburg in 1593 . He was educated in See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, and on entering the service of the East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company speedily attained high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . In 1631 he led a Dutch See also:

• FLEET

fleet from the Indies 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, and in 1636 he was raised to the governor-generalship . He came into conflict with the Portuguese, and took their possessions in See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon and Malacca from them . He greatly extended the commercial relationships of the Dutch, opening up 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 with Tong-See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, See also:

• CHINA

China and See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . As an See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator also he showed ability, and the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a Latin school and several churches in See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia is to be ascribed to him . Exploring expeditions were sent to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia under his auspices in 1636 and 1642, and See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel See also:

• TASMAN, ABEL JANSZOON (c. 1603-1659)

Tasman named after him (See also:

• VAN

Van See also:

• DIEMEN, ANTHONY VAN (1593–1645)

Diemen's See also:

• LAND

Land) the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island now called See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania . Van Diemen died at Batavia on the 19th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1645 .