Rijckloff van Goens
Rijcklof Volckertsz. van Goens | |
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Governor of Dutch Ceylon | |
In office 12 May 1660 – 1661 | |
Preceded by | Adriaan van der Meyden |
Succeeded by | Adriaan van der Meyden |
In office 1663–1663 | |
Preceded by | Adriaan van der Meyden |
Succeeded by | Jacob Hustaert |
In office 19 November 1664 – 1675 | |
Preceded by | Jacob Hustaert |
Succeeded by | Ryklof van Goens de jonge |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 June 1619 Rees |
Died | November 14, 1682 Amsterdam, Dutch Republic | (aged 63)
Rijcklof Volckertsz. van Goens (24 June 1619 – 14 November 1682) was the Governor of Zeylan and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was the Governor of Zeylan from 12 May 1660 to 1661, then in 1663 and finally from 19 November 1664 to 1675 during the Dutch period in Ceylon.[1]
Van Goens was born in Rees. He wrote extensively about his travels to Ceylon and India. His writing about visits to the palaces of Sultan Agung and his successors are important references for historians of the Mataram era in Java. He died in Amsterdam, aged 63.
On 20 February 1673, Van Goens with a fleet of 6,000 men attacked Bombay. Soon, The Treaty of Westminster concluded between England and the Netherlands in 1674, relieved the British settlements in Bombay of further apprehension from the Dutch.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Dutch Governors". Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ Origin of Bombay By J. Gerson Da Cunha, p. 290
External links
- (Dutch) www.vocsite.nl