Hendrik Godfried Duurkoop [SEP] place of birth
Hendrik Godfried Duurkoop
Hendrik Godfried Duurkoop (5 May 1736, Dornum – 27 July 1778, at sea) was a Dutch merchant-trader and VOC Opperhoofd in Japan. During his career with the Dutch East Indies Company (the "Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie" or "VOC"), he worked on Dejima, a small artificial island in the harbor of Nagasaki, Japan.
Duurkoop was born in East Frisia. In 1755 he arrived in Batavia, where his brother lived. In 1759 he was sent to
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