Laurens Bicker

Family coat of arms of the Bicker family

Laurens Pietersz Bicker (* 1563 in Amsterdam ; † 1606 ) came from the Dutch regent family Bicker . His parents were Pieter Bicker and Lijsbeth Banninck. Laurens Bicker moved from Amsterdam to Alkmaar in 1585 , because he was an opponent of the Calvinist policy which came to light after the Amsterdam Alteratie . Together with his brother Gerrit Bicker , he founded the Compagnie van Guinee . Laurens Bicker went on a long journey himself to open up new trading areas for them.

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On August 4, 1598 Laurens Bicker sailed as admiral of two ships with a crew of one hundred, including Cornelis van Heemskerck , to Guinea , the Río de la Plata and Uruguay .

Estuary of the Rio de la Plata

On February 15, 1599, the expedition reached the coast of Principe Island . The following day there was an argument with Portuguese people, with Van Heemskerck being held captive for one day. On March 2, they left Sao Tome, which had been in Dutch possession during the two-day stay. On March 18, the two ships separated and the one under Laurens Bicker, called De Silveren Werelt , sailed to Buenos Aires . On the Rio de la Plata they got the approval of the Spanish governor to trade in goods. At the Allerheiligenbaai the two ships were captured by the Portuguese and set on fire on January 1st, 1600. The remaining Dutch garrison was taken to Lisbon. On the way there they were attacked and Laurens Bicker was lucky to find freedom.

In August of the same year Laurens Bicker bought a brewery on the Grimburgwal ; a plot of land on the Singel in November .

On January 28, 1601, Gerard le Roy and Laurens Bicker led the twelfth expedition to India , which had been equipped by the Vereenigde Zeeuwse Compagnie , one of the preliminary companies of the Dutch East India Company . On August 23, they landed at Aceh in Indonesia, where Frederick de Houtman had been imprisoned by the Sultan. After an unsuccessful liberation by Admiral Paulus van Caerden , Bicker was able to free de Houtman.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dudok van Heel, SAC (2008) 'Van Amsterdamse burgers tot Europese aristocrats', p. 89. Uitgave Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor geslacht- en wapenkunde, The Hague, ISBN 9789080568952
2. ↑ Geloof in de Nieuwe Wereld: ontmoeting met Afrikanen en Indianen (1600–1700) By LJ Joosse Digitized on Google book search
3. ^ Hendrick Ottsen's register
4. ↑ Oosterschelde naar Kaap Hoorn (6) ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Stadsarchief Amsterdam  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Historum