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'''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.
'''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.


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 and in 1666 in the [[Cape colony]].
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]] and in 1666 in the [[Cape colony]], where he proposed that children of slaven should 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>


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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 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 and in 1666 in the Cape colony, where he proposed that children of slaven should be baptized.[3] In 1677 he was fired as an extraordinary council in Batavia, being accused of corruption or unfair trade.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hesselink, R.H. (2000) Gevangenen uit Nambu. Een waar geschied verhaal over de VOC in Japan, p. 113. Google books
  2. ^ Andrade, Tonio. "Appendix B". How Taiwan Became Chinese.
  3. ^ http://databases.tanap.net/cgh/main.cfm?artikelid=20964&zoekwoord=1666
  4. ^ 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.
Preceded by VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima
1642-1643
Succeeded by
Preceded by VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima
1644–1645
Succeeded by
Preceded by VOC Governor of Formosa
1646–1650
Succeeded by