MAETSUYKER, JOAN

MAETSUYKER, JOAN: (1606–1678). Legal advisor and official. Maetsuyker entered the service of the Dutch East India Companyin 1636 as a legal advisor. At the request of Governor-General An thony van Diemen, he codified the many laws and regulations into a more systematic statute book, the Bataviase Statuten(1642; revised 1766). In 1642, he was appointed a member of the Court of India in Batavia. Between 1646 and 1651, Maetsuyker served as governor of Ceylon, and from 1653, he was governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies.

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Maetsuyker, Joan — ▪ Dutch statesman born Oct. 14, 1606, Amsterdam, Neth. died Jan. 4, 1678, Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indonesia] governor general of the Dutch East Indies from 1653 to 1678. He directed the transformation of the Dutch East… … Universalium
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… … Universalium
List of Governors of Zeylan — The following is a list of Dutch governors of Zeylan. The Dutch arrived on the island of Sri Lanka on 2 May 1639 and parts of the island were incorporated as a Dutch colony by the name of Zeylan on 12 May 1656. The first Dutch Governor, Willem… … Wikipedia
1653 — Années : 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 Décennies : 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 Siècles : XVIe siècle XVIIe … Wikipédia en Français
Список генерал-губернаторов Голландской Ост-Индии — … Википедия

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