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Isaac Johannes Lamotius (bapt. 29 May 1646, Beverwijk - 1718)^[1] or (1653–1710) ^[2] was governor of Mauritius from 1677 to 1692. Lamotius was interested in arts and knowledge and became an ichtyologist; he made 250 drawings of fishes which are kept in Paris.^[3]

Life

Isaac was the son of Johannes Lamotius, who played a main part in the capturing of Dutch Malacca (January 1641) and married in Batavia the widow of Matthijs Quast. As a sergeant major he was stationed in Dutch Formosa (september 1642-?).^[4]^[5]^[6] In 1653 Johannes lived in Beverwijk

Not much is known about the early life of his son Isaac. In September 1677 he arrived on the island. In 1682 Joan Huydecoper II strongly urged the colonial administrators to undertake botanical research and stimulated the production of drawings of plants on the spot. He gave him instructions how to start an herbarium. In 1685 Huydecoper requested subtropical plants. A cucumis arrived the year after in Amsterdam.^[7] Lamotius became an expert on the fauna and fauna of Mauritius and published daily journals. In 1688 the last three Dodos were captured.

Some say his fifteen years of command saw the island descend into despotism and immorality was rife. Lamotius was tried in 1695, sentenced for private trade and banished for six years to the island of Rosengain, the most eastern of the Banda Islands.

References

^ Lamotius, Isaac Johannes at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
^ http://www.booknews.co.uk/Books/Book4511.html
^ Holthuis, L. B., and T. W. Pietsch. 2006. Les Planches inédites de Poissons et autres Animaux marins de l'Indo-Ouest Pacifique d'Isaac Johannes Lamotius [Isaac Johannes Lamotius (1646-c. 1718) and His Paintings of Indo-Pacific Fishes and Other Marine Animals]. Christian Érard (editor), Publications Scientifiques du Muséum and Bibliothèque Centrale, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 292 pp., 93 color pls.
^ CORPUS DIPLOMATICUM NEERLANDO-INDIGUM. VERZAMELING van Politieke contracten en verdere Verdragen door de Nederlanders in het Oosten gesloten, van Privilegebrieven, aan hen verleend, enz.,
^ http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11467/11467-h/11467-h.htm
^ Spanish Experience in Taiwan: The Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour By José Eugenio Borao [1]
^ Heniger, J. (1986) Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636--1691) and Hortus Malabaricus -- A contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany, p. 63, 71, 161, 162.

Source

The dodo and scientific fantasies: durable myths of a tough bird

Allister Macmillan, Mauritius illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, and resources., London : W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1914

Preceded by Hubert Hugo	Governor of Mauritius 1677–1692	Succeeded by Roelof Deodati

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[NIAH-1] Lamotius, Isaac Johannes at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.

[2] ttp://www.booknews.co.uk/Books/Book4511.html

[3] Holthuis, L. B., and T. W. Pietsch. 2006. Les Planches inédites de Poissons et autres Animaux marins de l'Indo-Ouest Pacifique d'Isaac Johannes Lamotius [Isaac Johannes Lamotius (1646-c. 1718) and His Paintings of Indo-Pacific Fishes and Other Marine Animals]. Christian Érard (editor), Publications Scientifiques du Muséum and Bibliothèque Centrale, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 292 pp., 93 color pls.

[4] CORPUS DIPLOMATICUM NEERLANDO-INDIGUM. VERZAMELING van Politieke contracten en verdere Verdragen door de Nederlanders in het Oosten gesloten, van Privilegebrieven, aan hen verleend, enz.,

[5] ttp://www.gutenberg.org/files/11467/11467-h/11467-h.htm

[6] Spanish Experience in Taiwan: The Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour By José Eugenio Borao [1]

[7] Heniger, J. (1986) Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636--1691) and Hortus Malabaricus -- A contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany, p. 63, 71, 161, 162.

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-'''Isaac Johannes Lamotius''' (bapt. 29 May 1646, [[Beverwijk]] - 1718)<ref name=NIAH>[http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=361009 Lamotius, Isaac Johannes] at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.</ref> or (1653–1710) <ref>http://www.booknews.co.uk/Books/Book4511.html </ref> was [[governor of Mauritius]] from 1677 to 1692. Lamotius became an [[Ichtyology|ichtyologist]], but also an artist; he made 250 drawings of fishes which are kept in Paris.<ref>Holthuis, L. B., and T. W. Pietsch. 2006. Les Planches inédites de Poissons et autres Animaux marins de l'Indo-Ouest Pacifique d'Isaac Johannes Lamotius [Isaac Johannes Lamotius (1646-c. 1718) and His Paintings of Indo-Pacific Fishes and Other Marine Animals]. Christian Érard (editor), Publications Scientifiques du Muséum and Bibliothèque Centrale, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 292 pp., 93 color pls. </ref>
+'''Isaac Johannes Lamotius''' (bapt. 29 May 1646, [[Beverwijk]] - 1718)<ref name=NIAH>[http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=361009 Lamotius, Isaac Johannes] at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.</ref> or (1653–1710) <ref>http://www.booknews.co.uk/Books/Book4511.html </ref> was [[governor of Mauritius]] from 1677 to 1692. Lamotius was interested in arts and knowledge and became an [[Ichtyology|ichtyologist]]; he made 250 drawings of fishes which are kept in Paris.<ref>Holthuis, L. B., and T. W. Pietsch. 2006. Les Planches inédites de Poissons et autres Animaux marins de l'Indo-Ouest Pacifique d'Isaac Johannes Lamotius [Isaac Johannes Lamotius (1646-c. 1718) and His Paintings of Indo-Pacific Fishes and Other Marine Animals]. Christian Érard (editor), Publications Scientifiques du Muséum and Bibliothèque Centrale, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 292 pp., 93 color pls. </ref>
 ==Life==
-Isaac was the son of '''Johannes Lamotius''', who played a main part in the capturing of [[Dutch Malacca]] (January 1641). He married in Batavia with the widow of [[Matthijs Quast]]. Afterwards his father, in between a [[sergeant major]] was stationed in [[Dutch Formosa]] (september 1642-?).<ref>CORPUS DIPLOMATICUM NEERLANDO-INDIGUM. VERZAMELING van Politieke contracten en verdere Verdragen door de Nederlanders in het Oosten gesloten, van Privilegebrieven, aan hen verleend, enz., </ref><ref>http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11467/11467-h/11467-h.htm </ref><ref>Spanish Experience in Taiwan: The Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour
+Isaac was the son of '''Johannes Lamotius''', who played a main part in the capturing of [[Dutch Malacca]] (January 1641) and married in Batavia the widow of [[Matthijs Quast]]. As a [[sergeant major]] he was stationed in [[Dutch Formosa]] (september 1642-?).<ref>CORPUS DIPLOMATICUM NEERLANDO-INDIGUM. VERZAMELING van Politieke contracten en verdere Verdragen door de Nederlanders in het Oosten gesloten, van Privilegebrieven, aan hen verleend, enz., </ref><ref>http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11467/11467-h/11467-h.htm </ref><ref>Spanish Experience in Taiwan: The Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour By José Eugenio Borao [http://books.google.nl/books?id=H8BvkxoCVBgC&pg=PA231&lpg=PA231&dq=%22Johannes+Lamotius%22+Malakka&source=bl&ots=mS2uyQYBUX&sig=2jBunEXwv3sbQML2qVxJTLMogIY&hl=en&ei=6HkvTZKzH4qXOvKK6acH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref> In 1653 Johannes lived in Beverwijk <!--en werd geregistreerd als inzetbaar in de Eerste Hollands-Engelse Oorlog. Zijn vader Johannes Lamotius predikant in Den Haag was de laatste die Johan van Oldenbarneveldt in de ogen zag. Godefridus Lamotius, eveneens predikant zou een broer kunnen zijn Isaac-->
- By José Eugenio Borao [http://books.google.nl/books?id=H8BvkxoCVBgC&pg=PA231&lpg=PA231&dq=%22Johannes+Lamotius%22+Malakka&source=bl&ots=mS2uyQYBUX&sig=2jBunEXwv3sbQML2qVxJTLMogIY&hl=en&ei=6HkvTZKzH4qXOvKK6acH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref> In 1653 Johannes lived in Beverwijk <!--en werd geregistreerd als inzetbaar in de Eerste Hollands-Engelse Oorlog. Zijn vader Johannes Lamotius predikant in Den Haag was de laatste die Johan van Oldenbarneveldt in de ogen zag. Godefridus Lamotius, eveneens predikant zou een broer kunnen zijn Isaac-->
-In September 1677 he arrived on the island. In 1682 [[Joan Huydecoper II]] strongly urged the colonial administrators to undertake botanical research and stimulated the production of drawings of plants on the spot. He gave him instructions how to start an [[herbarium]]. In 1685 Huydecoper requested subtropical plants. A [[cucumis]] arrived the year after in Amsterdam.<ref>Heniger, J. (1986) Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636--1691) and Hortus Malabaricus -- A contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany, p. 63, 71, 161, 162. </ref> Lamotius became an expert on the fauna and fauna of Mauritius and published daily journals. In 1688 the last three [[Dodo]]s were captured.
+Not much is known about the early life of his son Isaac. In September 1677 he arrived on the island. In 1682 [[Joan Huydecoper II]] strongly urged the colonial administrators to undertake botanical research and stimulated the production of drawings of plants on the spot. He gave him instructions how to start an [[herbarium]]. In 1685 Huydecoper requested subtropical plants. A [[cucumis]] arrived the year after in Amsterdam.<ref>Heniger, J. (1986) Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636--1691) and Hortus Malabaricus -- A contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany, p. 63, 71, 161, 162. </ref> Lamotius became an expert on the fauna and fauna of Mauritius and published daily journals. In 1688 the last three [[Dodo]]s were captured.
-His fifteen years of command saw the island descend into despotism and immorality was rife.  Lamotius was tried in 1695, sentenced for private trade and banished for six years to the island of Rosengain, the most eastern of the [[Banda Islands]].
+Some say his fifteen years of command saw the island descend into despotism and immorality was rife.  Lamotius was tried in 1695, sentenced for private trade and banished for six years to the island of Rosengain, the most eastern of the [[Banda Islands]].
 ==References==