Jacques Specx
Jacques Specx was a Dutch merchant, who founded the trade on Japan and Korea in 1609. Jacques Specx received the support of William Adams to obtain extensive trading rights from Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shōgun emeritus, on 24 August 1609, which allowed him to establish a trading factory in Hirado on 20 September 1609. He was the interim governor in Batavia between 1629 and 1632. There his daughter Saartje Specx was involved in a scandal. Back home in Holland Specx became an art-collector.
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Male
Date of Birth
January 1st, 1585
Age
441
Birth Place
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland
Date of Death
July 22nd, 1652
Died Aged
67
Star Sign
Capricorn
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