-
Pelsaert Island. The
group is
named after Francisco Pelsaert a
Dutch "
opperkoopman", who
stranded nearby with the VOC-ship "Batavia" in 1629. The group...
- Houghly,
Dutch Bengal, 26
January 1771 – Batavia, 12 May 1820) was a
Dutch opperkoopman (chief merchant) of the VOC and
member of the High
Government of the...
-
managed to
climb the
ranks and
eventually became head
merchant (Dutch:
opperkoopman). In 1702 he
sailed back to the
Dutch Republic, and
little is
known of...
-
Pielat joined the
Dutch East
India Company and
worked his way up to
opperkoopman (upper-merchant) in the
Dutch Indies. From at
least 1720 he was captain...
- 1604 (or
perhaps 1602). He left for the
Indies in 1627 as
Upperbuyer (
opperkoopman) on the
Dutch Coromandel (Tamil Nadu). He was
promoted to
Governor of...
- president, the
fiscal (Dutch: fiscaal), the
senior merchant (Dutch:
opperkoopman), and the
senior commissioners (Dutch: oppercommies).
These senior commissioners...
-
progressed (between 1723 and 1725) up
through the
ranks to 'Chief Buyer' (
opperkoopman) then 'Head of Post' (opperhoofd) at
Deshima in ****an. In 1731, he was...
-
Swarte Leeuw). From 1607 to 1611 l'Hermite was
chief merchant (Dutch:
opperkoopman) for the
Dutch East
India Company in Bantam,
Dutch East Indies. After...
- (tweede
opperkoopman) in the company's
headquarters there. Two
years later, in 1698, he was
promoted to
First Senior Buyer (eerste
opperkoopman). He became...
- (died 22 May 1609) was a
Dutch merchant, who was the
leading merchant (
opperkoopman) on the
fleet under Pieter Willemsz.
Verhoeff that left
Texel on 21 December...
