Antonius Hambroek
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| Born | 1607 Rotterdam, Dutch Republic |
| Died | July 21, 1661 Taiwan |
| Residence | Netherlands Taiwan |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Antonius Hambroek (1607 – 21 July 1661) was a Dutch missionary to Formosa from 1648 to 1661[1] during the Dutch colonial era. He was martyred by Koxinga as the Chinese-Japanese warlord wrested Taiwan from the Dutch.[2] Koxinga had captured Hambroek along with his wife and three of his children, and sent him as a messenger to Frederik Coyett, the Governor of Formosa, to demand the surrender of the Dutch garrison at Fort Zeelandia and the abandonment of their colony. Koxinga promised the missionary death should he return with a displeasing answer; Coyett refused to surrender and Hambroek was executed on his return to Koxinga's camp.[3]
After the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, Koxinga took Hambroek's teenage daughter as a concubine.[4][5] Other Dutch women were sold to Chinese soldiers to become their wives.[6]
Antonius Hambroek, or the Siege of Formosa
The playwright Joannes Nomsz wrote a tragedy for the stage in 1775 about the martyrdom of Hambroek,[7] sealing the missionary's fame in Holland.
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 Dutch Formosa (1624–1662) |
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