Johannes Camphuys

Johannes Camphuys (registered as Kamphuis, Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie) (Haarlem, July 18 1634 - Batavia (Jakarta), July 18 1695) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1684 to 1691.^[1]

1 Japan
2 Legacy
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References

Japan

At this point in Japanese history, the sole VOC outpost (or "factory") was situated on Dejima island in the harbor of Nagasaki on the southern island of Kyushu. Camphuys was three times sent to Japan as Opperhoofd or chief negotiant and officer of the VOC trading post.^[2]

22 October 1671–12 November 1672^[2]
29 October1673–19 October 1674^[2]
7 November 1675–27 October 1676^[2]

Legacy

The life of Camphuys is commemorated in the name of a street in the Lombok neighbourhood of Utrecht; and he is also remembered in the name of a street in the Bezuidenhoutquarter of The Hague.

Notes

^ Koopmans, Joop et al. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands, p. 35. at Google Books
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kornicki, Peter F. "European Japanology at the End of the Seventeenth Century," Bulletin of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Vol. 56, No. 3 (1993). pp. 510.

References

Koopmans, Joop W. and A. H. Huussen. (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. 10-ISBN 0810856271/13-ISBN 9780810856271; OCLC 237132199

Preceded by Martinus Caesar	VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1671–1672	Succeeded by Martinus Caesar
Preceded by Martinus Caesar	VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1673–1674	Succeeded by Martinus Caesar
Preceded by Martinus Caesar	VOC Opperhoofden at Dejima 1675–1676	Succeeded by Dirck de Haze
Preceded by Cornelis Speelman	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1684–1691	Succeeded by Willem van Outhoorn

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Name	Camphuys, Johannes
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Date of birth	18 July 1634
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Date of death	18 July 1695
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Johannes Camphuys

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Japan

Legacy

See also

Notes

References