Jacques Specx

Jacques Specx (* 1585 in Dordrecht, † July 22, 1652 in Amsterdam, Netherlands ) was a Dutch merchant who founded the trade with Japan and Korea in 1609. Jacques Specx received support from William Adams in obtaining advanced Handelsrechtenobtain by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, what happened on 24 August 1609. These enabled Specx on September 20, 1609 to build a factory in Hirado.

He was temporarily 1629-1632 Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Back home, he became an art collector.

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