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    Anthony van Diemen

    Dutch colonial governor

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  2. Anthony van Diemen (also Antonie, Antonio, Anton, Antonius; 1593 – 19 April 1645) was a Dutch colonial governor. Early life. Van Diemen was born in Culemborg (now in the Netherlands, then in a county in the Holy Roman Empire ), the son of Meeus Anthonisz van Diemen [1] and Christina Hoevenaar.

  3. Feb 27, 2024 · Anthony van Diemen (born 1593, Culemborg, Neth.—died April 19, 1645, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a colonial administrator who, as governor-general of the Dutch East Indian settlements (1636–45), consolidated the Dutch interests in Southeast Asia.

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  4. Anthony Meuza Van Diemen (1593-1645) was a Dutch colonial official and merchant. As a governor general of the Dutch East Indies, he did much to develop Batavia and the Indies and to expand Dutch influence in East Asia. Anthony Van Diemen was born at Culemborg, Netherlands.

  5. Van Diemen’s Land, (1642–1855), the southeastern Australian island colony that became the commonwealth state of Tasmania. Named for Anthony van Diemen, governor general of the Dutch East Indies, the island was first encountered by Europeans in 1642 and named by Abel J. Tasman, a celebrated navigator under van Diemen’s command.

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  6. Anthony van Diemen, born in 1593 in Culemborg, a small walled town in the vicinity of Utrecht, was the son of Bartholomeusz van Diemen, the town's burgomaster, and Elisabeth Hoevenaer, the daughter of a patrician merchant.9 Anthony grew up in a strict Calvinist milieu, at a time when the young Dutch

  7. Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Anthony van Diemen (also Antonie, Antonio, Anton, Antonius; 1593 – 19 April 1645) was a Dutch colonial governor. Quick Facts Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Preceded by ...

  8. Anthony van Diemen (1593–1645), the governor-general of VOC (1636–1645). (Rijksmuseum/Wikimedia Commons) ANTHONY van Diemen was considered to be having a good reputation during his time as a VOC (Dutch East India Company) employee and later as a governor-general in Batavia.