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Renier van Tzum (Tzum, c. 1600 – IJlst, September 21, 1670), also known as Tzom or Reijnjer van't Zum,^[1] was a merchant/trader and official of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC).^[2]

Life

Van Tzum was born in the Frisian village Tzum or Tzom. He was the son of Marten Jansz, a captain in the Admiralty of Friesland.^[3] Van Tzum began working for the VOC in 1629.^[4] Van Tzum was sent to Siam in 1629.^[5] He went on a boatride on the river, but something went wrong.^[6] When Jeremias van Vliet left the factory in 1641, Van Tzum was appointed to succeed him. In 1643 he was appointed chief factor. He collaborated with Johan van Twist in Dutch Malacca^[7], François Caron in Formosa, and the factors in Persia and at the Coromandel Coast. ^{[citation needed]}

Japan

On 29 September 1645 Van Tzum arrived on Deshima, starting as the VOC opperhoofd or chief factor on 24 November 1645 and ending 27 October 1646^[2]

During his time as head of the Dutch trading post, he travelled to Edo. He departed from Nagasaki on December 31, on a ship with six fellow Dutchmen. They reached Edo on February 7.

As presents Van Tzum handed over spectacles, magnifying glasses, optical lenses, also ones that could be used in a darkroom, and medicines.^[8] On February 12 he met with Inoue Masashige.^{[citation needed]}

In Edo, Van Tzum was asked if he had come to Edo with gifts to thank the shogun for the release of the Dutch prisoners or if he had come to pay his respects in the usual manner.^[9] Van Tzum answered that he had come to do both, but this answer did not satisfy the bakufu. On March 8, Inoue informed van Tzum that the Dutch did not appear to adequately value the release of the Dutch prisoners.^[2]

Upon his return to Nagasaki, the chief factor was informed by the interpreters that Nanking had been occupied by the Ching Dynasty and that Ikkan had sent a request for military support to the bakufu. Two junks arrived in Nagasaki from Nanking. The crew members of these junks had been forced to wear pigtails. The bakufu prohibited any dealings with ships from Nanking.^{[citation needed]}

Van Tzum handed over the factory to his successor, Verstegen, on October 7, 1646. Three weeks later he left Japan.

Return

In January 1747 he left Batavia on the Haerlem.^[10] The ship was lost in storm near Table Bay in March. Sixty men settled for one year on the mainland, but Van Tzum had sailed back earlier on one of the other two ships.^[11] Back in the Dutch republic he settled in Cornjum where he married in 1648.^{[citation needed]}

In 1654 he moved to IJlst and became a member of the vroedschap. His appointment as burgomaster by William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz was not without trouble.^[12] The next year he was elected as deputee to the States of Friesland and in 1658 in a board, checking the provincial finances.^[13]

References

^ Opperhoofden in dienst van de VOC op Hirado en Deshima at Uchiyama.nl; retrieved 2013-2-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Historigraphical Institute (Shiryō hensan-jo), University of Tokyo, "24 November 1644-27 October 1646 (Volume Nine)"; retrieved 2013-2-6.
^ Roarda, R.S. (1961): De East-Ynjeske Opperkeapman Reijnier van Tzum.
^ Dagregister van het Kasteel van Batavia, dl. 1636/37, p. 137.
^ Dagregister van het Kasteel van Batavia, dl. 1636/37, p. 137.
^ http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/43370-12-dutchmen-drunk-on-chao-phya-river/
^ Twist, Johann van: Generaele beschrijvinghe van Indien. Amsterdam, Hendrick Doncker 1651
^ Cannegieter, D. (1904) Reynier van Tzum, een levensschets. Franeker.
^ Hesselink, Reiner H. (2002). Prisoners from Nambu: Reality and Make-Believe in Seventeenth-Century Japanese Diplomacy, pp. 134.
^ Vocsite.nl
^ Tanap.net
^ Archieven van de Friese stadhouders. Door A.P. van Nienes, M. Bruggeman. Koninklijk Huisarchief, books.google.de
^ Archieven van de Friese stadhouders. A.P. van Nienes, M. Bruggeman. Koninklijk Huisarchief [1]

External links

Political offices
Preceded by ---	VOC Opperhoofden in Siam 1643-1644	Succeeded by ---
Preceded by Pieter Overtwater	VOC Opperhoofd at Dejima 1645-1646	Succeeded by Willem Verstegen

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[1] Opperhoofden in dienst van de VOC op Hirado en Deshima at Uchiyama.nl; retrieved 2013-2-6.

[shiryo-2] Historigraphical Institute (Shiryō hensan-jo), University of Tokyo, "24 November 1644-27 October 1646 (Volume Nine)"; retrieved 2013-2-6.

[3] Roarda, R.S. (1961): De East-Ynjeske Opperkeapman Reijnier van Tzum.

[4] Dagregister van het Kasteel van Batavia, dl. 1636/37, p. 137.

[5] Dagregister van het Kasteel van Batavia, dl. 1636/37, p. 137.

[6] ttp://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/43370-12-dutchmen-drunk-on-chao-phya-river/

[7] Twist, Johann van: Generaele beschrijvinghe van Indien. Amsterdam, Hendrick Doncker 1651

[8] Cannegieter, D. (1904) Reynier van Tzum, een levensschets. Franeker.

[9] Hesselink, Reiner H. (2002). Prisoners from Nambu: Reality and Make-Believe in Seventeenth-Century Japanese Diplomacy, pp. 134.

[10] Vocsite.nl

[11] Tanap.net

[12] Archieven van de Friese stadhouders. Door A.P. van Nienes, M. Bruggeman. Koninklijk Huisarchief, books.google.de

[13] Archieven van de Friese stadhouders. A.P. van Nienes, M. Bruggeman. Koninklijk Huisarchief [1]

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@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 '''Renier van Tzum''' ([[Tzum]], c. 1600 – [[IJlst]], September 21, 1670), also known as '''Tzom''' or '''Reijnjer van't Zum''',<ref>[http://uchiyama.nl/ngvocopperhoofden.htm  ''Opperhoofden in dienst van de VOC op Hirado en Deshima'' at Uchiyama.nl]; retrieved 2013-2-6.</ref> was a merchant/trader and official of the [[Dutch East India Company]] (''Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie'' or VOC).<ref name="shiryo">Historigraphical Institute (''Shiryō hensan-jo''), University of Tokyo, [http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/tokushu/kaigai/Diaries/Volumes/E41071C3-553F-49FA-B5A0-E145FA27F0F4.html "24 November 1644-27 October 1646 (Volume Nine)"]; retrieved 2013-2-6.</ref>
-==Early life==
 <!-- Is this image appropriate? Not really?... [[File:Tzum (2009).jpg|250px|thumb|[[Tzum]] in May 2009]] -->
-Van Tzum was born in the Frisian village [[Tzum]] or Tzom. He was the son of Marten Jansz, a captain in the [[Admiralty of Friesland]].<ref>Roarda, R.S. (1961): De East-Ynjeske Opperkeapman Reijnier van Tzum.</ref>
-==Career==
+==Life==
 [[File:Iudea-Ayutthaya.jpg|thumb|220px|Ayutthaya um 1665 (''Vingboons Atlas'')]]
+Van Tzum was born in the Frisian village [[Tzum]] or Tzom. He was the son of Marten Jansz, a captain in the [[Admiralty of Friesland]].<ref>Roarda, R.S. (1961): De East-Ynjeske Opperkeapman Reijnier van Tzum.</ref>
 Van Tzum began working for the VOC in 1629.<ref>Dagregister van het Kasteel van Batavia, dl. 1636/37, p. 137.</ref>
-Van Tzum was sent to [[Siam]] in 1629.<ref>Dagregister van het Kasteel van Batavia, dl. 1636/37, p. 137.</ref>
+Van Tzum was sent to [[Siam]] in 1629.<ref>Dagregister van het Kasteel van Batavia, dl. 1636/37, p. 137.</ref> He went on a boatride on the river, but something went wrong.<ref>http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/43370-12-dutchmen-drunk-on-chao-phya-river/</ref> When [[Jeremias van Vliet]] left the factory in 1641, Van Tzum was appointed to succeed him.
 In 1643 he was appointed [[chief factor]]. He collaborated with [[Johan van Twist]] in [[Dutch Malacca]]<ref>Twist, Johann van: Generaele beschrijvinghe van Indien. Amsterdam, Hendrick Doncker 1651</ref>, [[François Caron]] in [[Formosa]], and the factors in Persia and at the [[Coromandel Coast]].<!-- Is this cite useful? meaningful? reliable?  Not really ... <ref>[http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/limedio/dlam/B12/B1241185/1/vol02/txt/batavia.txt Tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp]</ref> --> {{fact|date=February 2013}}
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 {{See also|Dutch missions to Edo}}
-Van Tzum as the VOC ''[[opperhoofd]]'' or [[chief factor]] in [[Japan]] starting 24 November 1644 and ending 27 October 1646<ref name="shiryo"/>
+On 29 September 1645 Van Tzum arrived on [[Deshima]],  starting as the VOC ''[[opperhoofd]]'' or [[chief factor]] on 24 November 1645 and ending 27 October 1646<ref name="shiryo"/>
-During his time as head of the Dutch traders, he travelled to Edo.  He departed from Nagasaki on December 31, on a ship with six fellow Dutchmen. They reached [[Edo]] on February 7.
+During his time as head of the Dutch trading post, he travelled to Edo.  He departed from Nagasaki on December 31, on a ship with six fellow Dutchmen. They reached [[Edo]] on February 7.
-As presents Van Tzum handed over [[Spectacles]], [[magnifying glass]]es, [[optical lens]]es, also ones that could be used in a [[darkroom]], and medicines.<ref>Cannegieter, D. (1904) Reynier van Tzum, een levensschets. Franeker.</ref>  On February 12 he met with [[Inoue Masashige]].{{fact|date=February 2013}}
+As presents Van Tzum handed over [[spectacles]], [[magnifying glass]]es, [[optical lens]]es, also ones that could be used in a [[darkroom]], and medicines.<ref>Cannegieter, D. (1904) Reynier van Tzum, een levensschets. Franeker.</ref> On February 12 he met with [[Inoue Masashige]].{{fact|date=February 2013}}
 <!-- Is this a good level of detail for this article?  Not really ...   Their discussion centered on the ''Nambu affair'' of 1643, when the skipper [[Hendrick Cornelisz Schaep]] and nine members of the crew of the ''Breskens'' were captured in [[Yamada, Iwate|Yamada]] in [[Iwate Prefecture]].<ref>Hesselink, R.H. (2002) Prisoners from Nambu. [http://books.google.com/books?id=i5tHgje3_i8C&dq=Hesselink,+R.H.+Prisoners+from+Nambu&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=J_9wkiiGzc&sig=2FjVNIlxiF4hpr6NjhTkBnuSUgg&hl=en&ei=L4zhSeOlINXN-QbvyaiBCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA134,M1 Google books]</ref>
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 Upon his return to Nagasaki, the chief factor was informed by the interpreters that [[Nanking]] had been occupied by the [[Ching Dynasty]] and that [[Ikkan]] had sent a request for military support to the bakufu.  Two junks arrived in Nagasaki from Nanking.  The crew members of these junks had been forced to wear pigtails.  The bakufu prohibited any dealings with ships from Nanking.{{fact|date=February 2013}}
-Van Tzum handed over the factory to his successor, Verstegen, on October 7, 1646. Three weeks later he left Japan. In January 1747 he left Batavia on the ''Haerlem''. The ship was lost in storm near [[Table Bay]] in March. Sixty men settled for one year on the mainland, but Van Tzum had sailed back earlier on one of the other two ships. Back in Europe he settled in [[Cornjum]] where he married in 1648.{{fact|date=February 2013}}
+Van Tzum handed over the factory to his successor, Verstegen, on October 7, 1646. Three weeks later he left Japan.
+===Return===
+In January 1747 he left Batavia on the ''Haerlem''.<ref>[http://www.vocsite.nl/schepen/detail.html?id=10755 Vocsite.nl]</ref> The ship was lost in storm near [[Table Bay]] in March. Sixty men settled for one year on the mainland, but Van Tzum had sailed back earlier on one of the other two ships.<ref>[http://www.tanap.net/content/activities/documents/resolutions_Cape_of_Good_Hope/introduction_english/23.htm Tanap.net]</ref> Back in the Dutch republic he settled in [[Cornjum]] where he married in 1648.{{fact|date=February 2013}}
 <!-- Is this image appropriate? Not really? ... [[File:Drielts (2009).JPG|250px|thumb|[[IJlst]] in May 2009]] -->
-In 1654 he moved to [[IJlst]] and became a member of the [[vroedschap]]. He was appointed [[burgomaster]], deputee to the States of Friesland and in a board, checking the provincial finances.<ref>Archieven van de Friese stadhouders.
+In 1654 he moved to [[IJlst]] and became a member of the [[vroedschap]]. His appointment as [[burgomaster]] by [[William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz]] was not without trouble.<ref>Archieven van de Friese stadhouders. Door A.P. van Nienes, M. Bruggeman. Koninklijk Huisarchief, [http://books.google.de/books?id=PzNUPlckxJUC&pg=PA412&dq=Reinier+van+Tzum&hl=de&ei=gQ-VTaC8HsrrsgbDqoSxCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Reinier%20van%20Tzum&f=false books.google.de]</ref> The next year he was elected as deputee to the States of Friesland and in 1658 in a board, checking the provincial finances.<ref>Archieven van de Friese stadhouders. A.P. van Nienes, M. Bruggeman. Koninklijk Huisarchief [http://books.google.de/books?id=PzNUPlckxJUC&pg=PA412&dq=Reinier+van+Tzum&hl=de&ei=gQ-VTaC8HsrrsgbDqoSxCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Reinier%20van%20Tzum&f=false]</ref>
- Von A.P. van Nienes, M. Bruggeman. Koninklijk Huisarchief [http://books.google.de/books?id=PzNUPlckxJUC&pg=PA412&dq=Reinier+van+Tzum&hl=de&ei=gQ-VTaC8HsrrsgbDqoSxCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Reinier%20van%20Tzum&f=false]</ref>
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