Jacques Specx
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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).[1]
Specx received a red seal license from Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1611, authorizing him (within the Japanese system) to engage in trade between Japan and Southeast Asia.
References
- ↑ Adam Clulow, The Company and the Shogun, Columbia University Press (2014), 98.
