Joan van Hoorn

Joan van Hoorn (1653–1711) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1704 until 1709. Joan (or Johan) van Hoorn was born on 16 November 1653, son to the wealthy Amsterdam gunpowder manufacturer, Pieter Janszn van Hoorn and his wife Sara Bessels, a grandchild of Gerard Reynst. As the gunpowder trade was no longer doing so well, his influential friends got him named as Counsellor-extraordinary (Raad extraordinair) to the . The whole family left for the Indies in 1663, including Joan.

Joan van Hoorn

Joan van Hoorn (1653–1711) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1704 until 1709. Joan (or Johan) van Hoorn was born on 16 November 1653, son to the wealthy Amsterdam gunpowder manufacturer, Pieter Janszn van Hoorn and his wife Sara Bessels, a grandchild of Gerard Reynst. As the gunpowder trade was no longer doing so well, his influential friends got him named as Counsellor-extraordinary (Raad extraordinair) to the . The whole family left for the Indies in 1663, including Joan.