Pieter Both

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Pieter Both was a Dutch colonial administrator who became the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in the early 17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial administrator
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
human
appointedBy Dutch East India Company
surface form: Heeren XVII of the Dutch East India Company
causeOfDeath shipwreck
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth circa 1568
dateOfDeath 1615-03-06
employer Dutch East India Company
VOC
endTime term as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies: 1614
ethnicGroup Dutch
fieldOfWork colonial governance
maritime trade
naval warfare
hasNameInLanguage Pieter Both self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pieter Both (Dutch)
hasPredecessor office created
hasSuccessor Gerard Reynst
influenced subsequent Dutch colonial governance in Indonesia
languageSpoken Dutch
mannerOfDeath drowning
militaryBranch Royal Netherlands Navy
surface form: Dutch navy
militaryRank admiral
notableEvent appointment as first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in 1610
death in a shipwreck off Mauritius in 1615
notableFor being the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
early consolidation of Dutch power in the Indonesian archipelago
organizing VOC authority in the East Indies
notableWork establishing VOC administrative structures in the East Indies
occupation colonial administrator
naval officer
participantIn Dutch–Portuguese War
surface form: Dutch–Portuguese conflicts in the East Indies

early Dutch–Spanish conflicts in Asia
placeOfBirth Amersfoort NERFINISHED
Province of Utrecht
surface form: Utrecht province
placeOfDeath near Mauritius
positionHeld Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
admiral of the Dutch East India Company
residence Dutch East Indies
Netherlands
startTime first term as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies: 1610
workLocation Batavia
surface form: Batavia region (future Jakarta)

Dutch East Indies

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this entity surface form: Pieter Both (Dutch)