Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater

Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater
Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater
	pen drawing, likely of Overtwater
9th Governor of Formosa
	In office; 1646–1649
Preceded by	François Caron
Succeeded by	Nicolas Verburg
Personal details
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 and criticized.^[2] 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.^[3] In 1677 he was fired as an extraordinary council in Batavia, being accused of corruption or unfair trade.^[4]

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.
^ http://databases.tanap.net/cgh/main.cfm?artikelid=20964&zoekwoord=1666
^ 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 Jan van Elseracq	VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1642-1643	Succeeded by Jan van Elseracq
Preceded by Jan van Elseracq	VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1644–1645	Succeeded by Reijnjer van't Zum
Preceded by François Caron	VOC Governor of Formosa 1646–1650	Succeeded by Nicolas Verburg

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[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] ttp://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.

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