HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Jan Pieterzoon Coen.
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Felix Cabal.
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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.
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Pieter Gynt.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jan Pieterszoon Coen ([ˈjɑn ˈpitərzoːn ˈkun], 8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629) was an officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, holding two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He was the founder of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Also in 1603, the first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten, West Java, and in 1611, another was established at Jayakarta (later “Batavia” and then “Jakarta").
Detailed explanation-3: -The United Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) was formed in 1602 in order to unite various small trade companies which had created commercial links with the India and East Asia during the late sixteenth century.