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Pieter Nuyts

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Gender Male
Death369 years ago
Born Middelburg
Netherlands
Date of died December 11,1655
DiedDutch Republic
NationalityDutch
Spouse Agnes Granier
Anna van Driel
Cornelia Jacot
Children Pieter Nuyts
Date of birth January 1,1598
Previous positionGovernor of Formosa (1624 - 1662)
Education Leiden University
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Pieter Nuyts or Nuijts was a Dutch explorer, diplomat and politician. He was part of a landmark expedition of the Dutch East India Company in 1626–27 which mapped the southern coast of Australia. He became the Dutch ambassador to Japan in 1627, and he was appointed governor of Formosa in the same year.

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