Pieter van den Broecke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pieter van den Broecke

Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1585

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1640

Profession: merchant, explorer

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Pieter van den Broecke (25 February 1585, Antwerp – 1 December 1640, Strait of Malacca) 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.



Alternative names	Frans Franchoisz Hals
Description	Dutch painter and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	1582 or 1583 date QS:P,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1582-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1583-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	26 August 1666 / 29 August 1666
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Haarlem
Work period	between circa 1603 and circa 1666 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1666-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Haarlem
Authority control	: Q167654 VIAF: 100165653 ISNI: 0000 0001 1453 225X ULAN: 500027794 LCCN: n78091972 NLA: 35164870 WorldCat