Jacques Specx

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.

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References

↑ Adam Clulow, The Company and the Shogun, Columbia University Press (2014), 98.

[1] Adam Clulow, The Company and the Shogun, Columbia University Press (2014), 98.

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