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Jan Pieterszoon Coen
var grunnleggeren av det nederlandske kolonivelde i Ostindia. I 1607 trådte han i det nederlandske ostindiske kompanis tjeneste, ble i 1617 generalguvernør, og erobret og ødela i 1619 festningen Djajakarta (Jayakarta) og grunnla Batavia der. I 1623 vendte han hjem, før han igjen ble generalguvern...
Jan Pieterszoon Coen ([ˈjɑn ˈpitərzoːn ˈkun], 8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629) was an officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, holding two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He was the founder of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. Renowned for providing the impulse that set the VOC on the path to dominance in the Dutch East Indies, he was long considered a national hero in the Netherlands. Since the 19th century, his legacy has become controversial due to the brutal violence he employed in order to secure a trade monopoly on nutmeg, mace and clove. During the last stage of the Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands, Coen depopulated the islands to such a degree he massacred about 14,400 people in Banda, about 800 of whom were transferred to Batavia.
A famed quote of his from 1618, Despair not, spare your enemies not, for God is with us, illustrates his single-minded ruthlessness, and his unstinting belief in the divinely-sanctioned nature of his project. Using such self-professed divine sanction to violently pursue his ultimate goal of trade monopoly in the East Indies, Dutch soldiers acting on Coen's orders perpetrated numerous wanton acts of destruction in the spice islands of (now) eastern Indonesia, including the infamous Banda Massacre of 1621. The purpose of this was to gain a monopoly upon the supply of nutmeg and mace in order to sustain artificially high prices and profits for the Dutch investors of the VOC. This was deemed by many to be excessive, even for such a relatively violent age. Consequently, since the independence of Indonesia he has been looked at in a more critical light, and historians view his often violent methods to have been excessive.
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Jan Pieterszoon Coen var officer i Holländska Indien (nuvarande Indonesien).
Jan Pieterszoon Coen (8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629) was an officer of Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early seventeenth century, holding two terms as its Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. A national hero in the Netherlands, for providing the impulse that set the VOC on the path to dominance in the Dutch East Indies. A quote of his from 1618 is well known, "Despair not, spare your enemies not, for God is with us" ("Dispereert niet, ontziet uw vijanden niet, want God is met ons" in Dutch). Since the latter half 20th century he has been looked at in a more critical light, as some people view his often violent means to have been excessive. Coen was known in his time on account of strict governance and harsh criticism of people who did not share his views, at times directed even at the 17 Lords of the VOC (for which he was reprimanded). His overall policies were however never judged to be unreasonable. Coen was known be strict towards subordinates and merciless to his opponents. His willingness to use violence to obtain his ends was too much for many, even for such a relatively violent period of history. When Saartje Specx, a girl whom he had been entrusted to care for, was found in a garden in the arms of a soldier, Pieter Cortenhoeff, Coen showed little mercy in having her whipped instead of drowned in a barrel as he first intended. Cortenhoeff was beheaded. (Wikipedia, 2010-06-15)
| Status | Lagret av | Tidspunkt |
|---|---|---|
| Publisert | Magnus Johansson (Statens museer för världskultur[sv]) | 21.01.2018 11:48:30 |
| Til vurdering | Ulf Bodin (KulturIT) | 14.12.2017 15:53:53 |
| root | 19.03.2024 21:59:10 | |
| Ulf Bodin (KulturIT) | KulturIT | 12.01.2024 10:18:07 |
| Magnus Johansson (Statens museer för världskultur[sv]) | Statens museer för världskultur (Myndighet) [sv] | 21.01.2018 11:48:30 |
| Status | Lagret av | Tidspunkt |
|---|---|---|
| Publisert | Magnus Johansson (Statens museer för världskultur[sv]) | 21.01.2018 11:48:30 |
| Til vurdering | Ulf Bodin (KulturIT) | 14.12.2017 15:53:53 |
| Erstatt | Lagret | Lagret av |
|---|---|---|
| 12.01.2024 10:18:07 | 12.01.2024 10:15:58 | Ulf Bodin (KulturIT) |
| 12.01.2024 10:15:58 | 01.06.2019 13:13:50 | Ulf Bodin (KulturIT) |
| 21.01.2018 11:48:30 | 19.12.2017 09:10:45 | Magnus Johansson (Statens museer för världskultur[sv]) |
| 19.12.2017 09:10:45 | 14.12.2017 15:53:53 | Ulf Bodin (KulturIT) |
| 14.12.2017 15:53:53 | 14.12.2017 15:53:53 | Ulf Bodin (KulturIT) |
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