List of Famous people with last name Broecke

Pieter van den Broecke

First Name Pieter

Last Name Broecke

Born on February 25, 1585

Died on December 1, 1640 (aged 55)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Pieter van den Broecke was a Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and one of the first Dutchmen to taste coffee. He also went to Angola three times. He was one of the first Europeans to describe societies in West and Central Africa and in detail trade strategies along the African coast.

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