Jan Pieterszoon Coen

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator and merchant best known for founding Batavia (modern Jakarta) and ruthlessly consolidating Dutch power in the East Indies for the Dutch East India Company (VOC).

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Generate an image of Jan Pieterszoon Coen (Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator and merchant best known for founding Batavia (modern Jakarta) and ruthlessly consolidating Dutch power in the East Indies for the Dutch East India Company (VOC).)

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen canonical 9
Piet Pieterszoon Coen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial administrator ⓘ
governor-general of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
human ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
activeIn 17th century ⓘ
advocatedFor strict VOC trade monopoly in the East Indies ⓘ
causeOfDeath cholera ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1587-01-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1629-09-21 ⓘ
education merchant training in Italy ⓘ
employer Dutch East India Company ⓘ
era Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dutch ⓘ
familyName Coen ⓘ
founded Batavia ⓘ
VOC headquarters in Batavia ⓘ
givenName Jan ⓘ
implementedPolicy VOC monopoly on nutmeg trade in Banda Islands ⓘ
knownFor Banda Islands massacre ⓘ
legacy commemorated by statues and street names in the Netherlands ⓘ
controversial due to extreme violence and massacres ⓘ
memberOf Dutch East India Company ⓘ
militaryConflict Dutch–Portuguese War in Asia ⓘ
notableFor consolidating Dutch power in the East Indies ⓘ
establishing VOC dominance in the spice trade ⓘ
founding Batavia ⓘ
violent conquest and massacres in the East Indies ⓘ
notableWork founding of Batavia in 1619 ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
partOf Dutch colonial empire in Asia ⓘ
patronymicName Pieterszoon ⓘ
placeOfBirth County of Holland ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
Hoorn ⓘ
placeOfDeath Batavia ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Java ⓘ
positionHeld Director-General of Trade of the VOC in Asia ⓘ
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
residence Batavia ⓘ
Hoorn ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf historical debate about colonial violence ⓘ
workLocation Banda Islands ⓘ
Batavia ⓘ
East Indies ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coen Tunnel → namedAfter → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
First Coen Tunnel → namedAfter → Piet Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
linked to: Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Coen → hasNotableBearer → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
Banda Islands massacre → hasCommander → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
Banda Islands massacre → hasNotableFigure → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
Banda Massacre of 1621 → commandedBy → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
Banda Massacre of 1621 → relatedTo → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
Coen Tunnel → namedAfter → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
VOC governor-general → notableHolder → Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ