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Jacques Specx was the first ''opperhoofd'' (head, or factor) of the [[Dutch East India Company]] factory at [[Hirado]]. He later served as governor-general of the Company's operations in [[Batavia]] (Jakarta).<ref>Adam Clulow, ''The Company and the Shogun'', Columbia University Press (2014), 98.</ref>

Jacques Specx was the first ''opperhoofd'' (head, or factor) of the [[Dutch East India Company]] factory at [[Hirado]], serving in that position from 20 September [[1609]] until 28 August [[1612]], and again from [[1614]]/8/6 until 31 January [[1621]]. He later served as governor-general of the Company's operations in [[Batavia]] (Jakarta), from 25 September [[1629]] until 7 September [[1632]].<ref>Adam Clulow, ''The Company and the Shogun'', Columbia University Press (2014), 98.</ref>

Specx received a [[shuinsen|red seal license]] from [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in [[1611]], authorizing him (within the Japanese system) to engage in trade between Japan and Southeast Asia.

Specx received a [[shuinsen|red seal license]] from [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in [[1611]], authorizing him (within the Japanese system) to engage in trade between Japan and Southeast Asia.

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