Person

Jan Pieterszoon Coen

Also known as Coen

Jan Pieterszoon Coen was an officer and Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company in the early seventeenth century. He founded Batavia on Java in 1619 as the company's headquarters. He also led the violent conquest of the Banda Islands in 1621 to secure the nutmeg trade, a notorious episode in the history of the Dutch Empire.

Jan Pieterszoon Coen
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Dutch EmpireSocioeconomy, GovernanceMataram SultanateMilitary

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Dutch East India Company territories

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jan Pieterszoon Coen. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jan-pieterszoon-coen
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