Anthony van Diemen (also Antonie, Antonio, Anton, Antonius; 1593 – 19 April 1645) was a Dutch colonial governor. Van Diemen was born in Culemborg (now...
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Abel Tasman discovered the island, working under the sponsorship of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. The British retained...
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gazetted as a locality with the name Van Diemen Gulf. The gulf was named after the Dutch colonial governor, Anthony van Diemen (1593–1645). Phillip Parker King...
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Anthony van Diemen, Governor General of Batavia (now Jakarta) in January 1643, on the same voyage of discovery during which he named Van Diemen's Land...
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Anthony van Diemen's Land after his sponsor Anthony van Diemen, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies. The name was later shortened to Van Diemen's Land...
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Van Diemen is a British race car manufacturer. It may also refer to: Anthony van Diemen, Dutch colonial governor Patrick van Diemen, a Dutch football...
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football player Anthony Uzodimma, Nigerian football player Anthony Valentine, English actor Anthony van Diemen, Dutch colonial governor Anthony van Dyck, Flemish...
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for the purchase of deerskins; the governor general at the time was Anthony van Diemen. However, tensions rose among groups representing various interests:...
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1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen (née van Aelst), wife of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in...
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Makira Sebald Islands – Sebald de Weert; now Jason Islands Van Diemen's Land – Anthony van Diemen List of eponyms List of places named after people For more...
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Amsterdam (sailing ship), a 17th century Dutch warship commanded by Anthony van Diemen SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1905), an ocean liner in service 1905–1932 SS...
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Anthony van Diemen's Land after his sponsor Anthony van Diemen, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies. The name was later shortened to Van Diemen's Land...
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north-western Pacific Ocean to discover the coast of Tartaria, on account of Anthony van Diemen, the governor in Batavia. This was the second expedition to look for...
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Van Diemen's Land is a 2009 Australian thriller set in 1822 in colonial Tasmania. It follows the story of the infamous Irish convict, Alexander Pearce...
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Antonio, with the name of Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies, Anthony van Diemen, during the time. In 1644, they replaced it with the structure still...
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including nearby Kimberley—variations of "Van Diemen's Land", after the VOC governor-general Anthony van Diemen. This should not be confused with the more...
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mill, De Koornvriend, also survives. Anthony van Diemen (1593–1645), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Jan van Riebeeck (1619–1677) colonial administrator...
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Anthony van Diemen was his assistant during this entire period, and many of the Dutch explorations into the Pacific carried out under Van Diemen's command...
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can be gauged by the contents of a letter from VOC Governor-General Anthony van Diemen to VOC headquarters in Amsterdam in 1636, expressing his concern about...
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1636 9 Anthony van Diemen 1636 1645 10 Cornelis van der Lijn 1645 1650 11 Carel Reyniersz 1650 1653 12 Joan Maetsuycker 1653 1678 13 Rijckloff van Goens...
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accordingly. Tasman also named a prominent cape Cape Maria van Diemen, after the wife of Anthony van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)...
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Tasman's Journal Dutch settlers in South Australia Project Gutenberg, The Discovery of Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land.), New Zealand, and Bass' Straits....
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Tasmanian mainland; he names it Van Diemen's Land after fellow Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) Governor-General Anthony van Diemen 1792: Captain William Bligh...
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retained in The Hague. In a 1638 letter to Dutch Colonial Governor Anthony van Diemen, an officer mentions that Trincomalee is a "fort built rather strongly...
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List of people executed for homosexuality in Europe (redirect from Jan van Aersdone)
original (PDF) on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2022-02-25. Hemert, Johan Maurits van (1749). Korte levensbeschryving der Hollandsche graven (in Dutch). by Nicolaas...
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Kimberley and nearby Darwin variations of Van Diemen's Land after the VOC governor-general Anthony van Diemen. This should not be confused with the more...
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cucumbers. The eastern cape of the island was named Cape Van Diemen after Anthony van Diemen.[citation needed] Commander Matthew Flinders named the island...
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light of his distinguished record. The colony's governor-general, Anthony van Diemen, ordered him strangled before being burnt at the stake. At least three...
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and era as Dutch Explorers/Founders Jan van Riebeek (1619-1677) and Anthony van Diemen (1593-1645). Jan van Riebeek commanded the initial Dutch settlement...
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calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 1 – Anthony van Diemen takes office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)...
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