List of Chief Traders At Hirado
Hirado (平戸島, Hirado-shima?) is a small island just off the western shore of the Japanese island of Kyūshū. In the early 17th century, Hirado was a major center of foreign trade and included British, Chinese, and other trading stations along with the Dutch one, maintained and operated by the VOC after 1609. The serial leaders of this VOC trading enclave or "factory" at Hirado were:
- Jacques Specx: 20.9.1609 - 28.8.1612
- Hendrick Brouwer: 28.8.1612 - 6.8.1614
- Jacques Specx: 6.8.1614 - 29.10.1621
- Leonardt Camps: 29.10.1621 - 21.11.1623
- Cornelis van Nijenroode: 21.11.1623 - _._.1631
- Pieter Stamper: 1631
- Cornelis van Nijenrode: _._.1631 - 31.1.1633
- Pieter van Sante or Pieter van Santen: 31.1.1633 - 6.9.1633
- Nicolaes Couckebacker: 6.9.1633 - _._.1635
- Maerten Wesselingh or Hendrick Hagenaer (?): _._.1635-_._.1637
- Nicolaes Couckebacker: _._.1637 - 3.2.1639
- François Caron: 3.2.1639 - 13.2.1641 Caron was last Opperhoofd at Hirado.
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