About Pieter de Carpentier

Pieter de Carpentier was a Dutch administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who served as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1623 to 1627. The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is named after him.

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Occupation: colonial administrator, governor
Position held: Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Citizenship: Dutch Republic
Born: February 19, 1586
Died: September 5, 1659

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Pieter de Carpentier

5th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

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About Pieter de Carpentier

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Occupation: colonial administrator, governor
Position held: Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Citizenship: Dutch Republic
Born: February 19, 1586
Died: September 5, 1659

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Anonymous (Low Countries) After Anonymous (Low Countries) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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