Abraham van Riebeeck
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Abraham van Riebeeck (18 October 1653 – 17 November 1713) was a Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was born in the Cape Colony in South Africa, and was the son of Jan van Riebeeck. One of Abraham's children was Johanna Maria van Riebeeck (1679–1759), who had married his predecessor Governor-General, Joan van Hoorn.[1] After he finished his studies in the Netherlands in 1676, he entered the Dutch East India Company as a merchant.
From 1709 until his death in 1713, he was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was a keen explorer, who undertook several smaller and a few larger voyages in the Indies.
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- ^ http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/p/70.html George Mason University post on Women in History
| Preceded by Joan van Hoorn |
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1709–1713 |
Succeeded by Christoffel van Swoll |
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