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Pieter van den Broecke
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.
Life.
His parents, Pieter van den Broecke Sr and Maiken de
-Indien", Hans Passchiers van Wesbusch, Haerlem (Haarlem) 1634
- Pieter van den Broecke, Klaas Ratelband: "Reizen naar West-Afrika van Pieter van den Broecke, 1605–1614", Nijhoff, ’s-Gravenhage 1950.
- Pieter van den Broecke, Willem Philippus Coolhaas: "Pieter van den Broecke in Azië", Nijhoff, ’s-Gravenhage 1962–1963.
- Pieter van den Broecke: "Station Azoren", Boer, Bussum 1970
- Pieter van den Broecke, J. D.