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Born c.1550 • Amersfoort • Netherlands
Died February 1615 • Mauritius
Title / Office governor-general (1609-1615), Dutch East Indies
Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
William Louis
stadholder of Friesland
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Hendrick Zwaardecroon
governor general of Dutch East Indies
William I
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
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
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Dutch admiral
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice Of Nassau
count of Nassau-Siegen
Juan Guillermo Riperdá, duque de Riperdá
Dutch adventurer