Rijckloff van Goens
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Rijckloff van Goens was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
from 1678-1681. He wrote extensively about his travels to Ceylon and India
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His writing about visits to the palaces of Sultan Agung and his successors are important references for historians of the Mataram era in Java.
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
The Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies represented the Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949.The first Governors-General were appointed by the Dutch East India Company...
from 1678-1681. He wrote extensively about his travels to Ceylon and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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His writing about visits to the palaces of Sultan Agung and his successors are important references for historians of the Mataram era in Java.
See also
- Dutch East India CompanyDutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
- Governor-General of the Dutch East IndiesGovernor-General of the Dutch East IndiesThe Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies represented the Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949.The first Governors-General were appointed by the Dutch East India Company...
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