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Born January 8, 1587 • Hoorn • Netherlands
Died September 21, 1629 (aged 42) • Jakarta • Indonesia
Title / Office governor-general (1617-1629), Dutch East Indies
Role In Amboina Massacre

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen, detail of an oil painting by an anonymous artist, first half of the 17th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, facing the Noorder Church, Hoorn, Neth.
Coen, Jan Pieterszoon
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