Nicolaes Couckebacker

Nicolaes Coeckebacker or Couckebacker was twice Chief of the Dutch trading factory at Hirado, the Japanese trading post of the Dutch East India Company. He arrived in 1633 and stayed till fall 1635. His second stay as VOC Opperhoofd in Hirado was from 1637 till 1639. Coeckebacker was a close friend to François Caron, who would oversee the transfer of power to the Japanese in 1641, and who would be the first Chief in Dejima.

Nicolaes Couckebacker

Nicolaes Coeckebacker or Couckebacker was twice Chief of the Dutch trading factory at Hirado, the Japanese trading post of the Dutch East India Company. He arrived in 1633 and stayed till fall 1635. His second stay as VOC Opperhoofd in Hirado was from 1637 till 1639. Coeckebacker was a close friend to François Caron, who would oversee the transfer of power to the Japanese in 1641, and who would be the first Chief in Dejima.