Pieter de Carpentier
Pieter de Carpentier (born February 19, 1586 in Antwerp , † September 5, 1659 in Amsterdam ) was chairman of the Dutch East India Company and served there from 1623 to 1627 as governor general of the Dutch East Indies . His maternal uncle, Louis Delbeecque, was a co-founder of the company.
The discoverer January Carstensz named in 1623 the eastern shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia in his honor Carpentaria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tammo J. Bezemer: Beknopte Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië . Brill, Leiden 1921 (German: "Encyclopaedic short version of the Dutch East Indies").
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SURNAME | Carpentier, Pieter de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor General of the Dutch East Indies |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1586 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1659 |
Place of death | Amsterdam |