J. B. Van Heutsz
J. B. (Joannes Benedictus) van Heutsz (February 3, 1851, Coevorden, Drenthe – July 11, 1924, Montreux), was a Dutch military officer who was appointed governor general of the Dutch East Indies in 1904. He had become famous years before by bringing to an end to the long Aceh War.
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“The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.”
—Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)