Frederick Coyett
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Born | Stockholm |
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Sweden | |
Date of died | October 17,1687 |
Died | Amsterdam |
Netherlands | |
Children | Balthasar Coyett |
Books | Neglected Formosa: A Translation from the Dutch of Frederic Coyett's Verwaerloosde Formosa |
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ID | 739984 |
About Frederick Coyett
Frederick Coyett, born in Stockholm c. 1615, buried in Amsterdam on 17 October 1687, was a Swedish nobleman and the last colonial governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa. He was the first Swede to travel to Japan and China and became the last governor of Dutch-occupied Taiwan.