Johannes Camphuys
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Portrait of Johannes Campuys
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| Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies |
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| In office 11 January 1684 – 24 September 1691 |
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| Preceded by | Cornelis Speelman |
| Succeeded by | Willem van Outhoorn |
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| Born | 18 July 1634 Haarlem, Dutch Republic |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Batavia, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) |
Johannes Camphuys (registered as Kamphuis in the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie) (18 July 1634 – 18 July 1695) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1684 to 1691.[1] Camphuys was born in Haarlem, in the Republic of the United Netherlands.
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Travels
At this point in Japanese history, the sole VOC outpost (or "factory") was situated on Dejima island in the harbor of Nagasaki on the southern island of Kyushu. Camphuys was three times sent to Japan as Opperhoofd or chief negotiant and officer of the VOC trading post.[2]
- 22 October 1671 – 12 November 1672[2]
- 29 October1673 – 19 October 1674[2]
- 7 November 1675 – 27 October 1676[2]
Legacy
Camphuys died in Batavia (Jakarta). He is commemorated in the name of a street in the Lombok neighbourhood of Utrecht; and he is also remembered in the name of a street in the Bezuidenhoutquarter of The Hague.
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Notes
- ↑ Koopmans, Joop et al. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands, p. 35., p. 35, at Google Books
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kornicki, Peter F. "European Japanology at the End of the Seventeenth Century," Bulletin of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Vol. 56, No. 3 (1993). pp. 510.
References
- Koopmans, Joop W. and A. H. Huussen. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810856271; OCLC 237132199
| Preceded by | VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1671–1672 |
Succeeded by Martinus Caesar |
| Preceded by | VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1673–1674 |
Succeeded by Martinus Caesar |
| Preceded by | VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1675–1676 |
Succeeded by Dirck de Haze |
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Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies (1610–1949)
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