1. Cornelis Janszoon Speelman was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1681 to 1684.
11 Facts About Cornelis Speelman
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Cornelis Janszoon Speelman was the son of a Rotterdam merchant.
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Cornelis Speelman was employed as an assistant in the service of the Dutch East India Company.
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Cornelis Speelman became bookkeeper in 1648 and second merchant in 1649.
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Cornelis Speelman became secretary to the Dutch Council of the Indies.
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Cornelis Speelman travelled with ambassador Joan Cunaeus to Persia that year, and wrote an account of the voyage.
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Cornelis Speelman had bought a diamond for his wife and later re-sold it because she had not liked it.
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Cornelis Speelman travelled , in 1669, as admiral of another expedition to Makassar where he completely subjugated the kingdom, receiving a gold chain and medallion in recognition of this the following year.
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Cornelis Speelman ceded all his lands of his kingdom to the company.
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Cornelis Speelman's funeral was accompanied with great clamour and splendour, for which no pains or monies were spared.
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Cornelis Speelman was buried in the Kruiskerk to the salute of 229 cannon shots.