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'''Pieter Anthonisz Overtwater''' or '''over 't Water''' (ca. 1610 [[Hoorn]] - 28 or 29 April 1682, [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies]]) 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 |
'''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 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 [[Governor of Formosa]] from 1646 to 1649.<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> In between he was stationed in Ceylon. |
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Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater | |
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 pen drawing, likely of Overtwater | |
| 9th Governor of Formosa | |
| In office 1646–1649 | |
| Preceded by | François Caron |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Verburg |
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| Born | c. 1610 Hoorn, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 28 or 29 April 1682 Batavia, Dutch East Indies |
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.[1] He was the Dutch 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 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.[2] In between he was stationed in Ceylon.
References
- ^ Hesselink, R.H. (2000) Gevangenen uit Nambu. Een waar geschied verhaal over de VOC in Japan, p. 113. Google books
- ^ Andrade, Tonio. "Appendix B". How Taiwan Became Chinese.
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