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'''Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater''', also known as '''Anthonisz.''' or '''over 't Water''' (c. 1610 – 28 or 29 April 1682), 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/687D255D-4BFF-40EA-94D0-3BC7ABA9971F.html "Diary of Pieter Anthonisz Overtwater"]; retrieved 2013-2-4.</ref>
'''Pieter Anthonisz Overtwater''' or '''over 't Water''' (ca. 1610 [[Hoorn]] – 28 or 29 April 1682, [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies]]) took service in 1640, before he was a conrector of a school in [[Hoorn]] and had no commercial experience.<ref>Hesselink, R.H. (2000) Gevangenen uit Nambu. Een waar geschied verhaal over de VOC in Japan, p. 113. [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> He was the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[VOC Opperhoofden in Japan|opperhoofd]] at [[Dejima]] in Japan from October 1642 to August 1643, and again from November 1644 to November 1645. He proposed to start a new [[Factory (trading post)|factorij]] in the north of Japan, an unacceptable proposal for the Japanese interpreter, who refused to translate it. The Japanese however were interested to learn how to use a [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]], but Overtwater was not very willing to explain.


==Career==
He was [[Governor of Formosa]] from 1646 to 1649 and criticized.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/appB.html|title=How Taiwan Became Chinese|last=Andrade|first=Tonio|chapter=Appendix B}}</ref> The east coast of Formosa was left by the company, being unprofitable and dangerous.
Overtwater joined the VOC in 1640. Before this, he was a conrector of a school in [[Hoorn]] and had no commercial experience.<ref>Hesselink, Reiner H. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=i5tHgje3_i8C&pg=PA130&dq= ''Prisoners from Nambu: Reality and Make-Believe in Seventeenth-Century Japanese Diplomacy,'' p. 130].</ref>


He was the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[VOC Opperhoofden in Japan|opperhoofd]] at [[Dejima]] in Japan from October 1642 to August 1643,<ref name="shiryo"/> and again from November 1644 to November 1645.<ref>''Shiryō'', [http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/tokushu/kaigai/Diaries/Volumes/E41071C3-553F-49FA-B5A0-E145FA27F0F4.html "Diary of Pieter Anthonisz Overtwater"]; retrieved 2013-2-1.</ref> He proposed to start a new [[Factory (trading post)|factorij]] in the north of Japan, an unacceptable proposal for the Japanese interpreter, who refused to translate it. The Japanese however were interested to learn how to use a [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]], but Overtwater was not very willing to explain.
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He was stationed in [[Ceylon]] and in 1666 in the [[Cape colony]], where he proposed that children of [[Malabar]] slaves could be baptized.<ref>http://databases.tanap.net/cgh/main.cfm?artikelid=20964&zoekwoord=1666</ref> In 1677 he was fired as an extraordinary council in Batavia, being accused of corruption or unfair trade.<ref>Gaastra, F.S. (1985) Constantijn Ranst en de corruptie onder het personeel van de VOC te Bengalen, 1669 - 1673, p. 126-127. In: Groenveld, S., M.E.H.N. Mout, I. Schoffer, Bestuurders en geleerden: opstellen over onderwerpen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis van de zestiende, zeventiende en achttiende eeuw, aangeboden aan Prof. Dr. J.J. Woltjer bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar van de Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw. 1985. </ref>

He was [[Governor of Formosa]] from 1646 to 1649 and criticized.<ref>[[Andrade, Tonio]]. (2008). [http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-12855-1/how-taiwan-became-chinese ''How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century,''] [http://www.gutenberg-e.org/andrade/appB.html "Appendix B: Governors-General, Governors, and Missionaries"]; retrieved 2013-2-4.</ref> The east coast of Formosa was left by the company, being unprofitable and dangerous.

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He was stationed in [[Ceylon]] and in 1666 in the [[Cape colony]], where he proposed that children of [[Malabars|Malabar]] slaves could be baptized.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://databases.tanap.net/cgh/main.cfm?artikelid=20964&zoekwoord=1666|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724092059/http://databases.tanap.net/cgh/main.cfm?artikelid=20964&zoekwoord=1666|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 24, 2011|title = Content_Template}}</ref> In 1677, he was fired as an extraordinary council in Batavia, being accused of corruption or unfair trade.<ref>Gaastra, F.S. (1985) "''Constantijn Ranst en de corruptie onder het personeel van de VOC te Bengalen, 1669 - 1673''," p. 126-127; in Groenveld, S., M.E.H.N. Mout, I. Schoffer, ''Bestuurders en geleerden: opstellen over onderwerpen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis van de zestiende, zeventiende en achttiende eeuw, aangeboden aan Prof. Dr. J.J. Woltjer bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar van de Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden Amsterdam''.</ref>


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Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater
pen drawing, likely of Overtwater
9th Governor of Formosa
In office
1646–1649
Preceded byFrançois Caron
Succeeded byNicolas Verburg
Personal details
Bornc. 1610
Hoorn, Dutch Republic
Died28 or 29 April 1682
Batavia, Dutch East Indies

Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater, also known as Anthonisz. or over 't Water (c. 1610 – 28 or 29 April 1682), was a merchant/trader and official of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC).[1]

Career[edit]

Overtwater joined the VOC in 1640. Before this, he was a conrector of a school in Hoorn and had no commercial experience.[2]

He was the Dutch opperhoofd at Dejima in Japan from October 1642 to August 1643,[1] and again from November 1644 to November 1645.[3] He proposed to start a new factorij in the north of Japan, an unacceptable proposal for the Japanese interpreter, who refused to translate it. The Japanese however were interested to learn how to use a mortar, but Overtwater was not very willing to explain.

He was Governor of Formosa from 1646 to 1649 and criticized.[4] The east coast of Formosa was left by the company, being unprofitable and dangerous.

He was stationed in Ceylon and in 1666 in the Cape colony, where he proposed that children of Malabar slaves could be baptized.[5] In 1677, he was fired as an extraordinary council in Batavia, being accused of corruption or unfair trade.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Historigraphical Institute (Shiryō hensan-jo), University of Tokyo, "Diary of Pieter Anthonisz Overtwater"; retrieved 2013-2-4.
  2. ^ Hesselink, Reiner H. (2002). Prisoners from Nambu: Reality and Make-Believe in Seventeenth-Century Japanese Diplomacy, p. 130.
  3. ^ Shiryō, "Diary of Pieter Anthonisz Overtwater"; retrieved 2013-2-1.
  4. ^ Andrade, Tonio. (2008). How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century, "Appendix B: Governors-General, Governors, and Missionaries"; retrieved 2013-2-4.
  5. ^ "Content_Template". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Gaastra, F.S. (1985) "Constantijn Ranst en de corruptie onder het personeel van de VOC te Bengalen, 1669 - 1673," p. 126-127; in Groenveld, S., M.E.H.N. Mout, I. Schoffer, Bestuurders en geleerden: opstellen over onderwerpen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis van de zestiende, zeventiende en achttiende eeuw, aangeboden aan Prof. Dr. J.J. Woltjer bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar van de Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden Amsterdam.
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