Frederick Coyett

1615 - 1687

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship:  Sweden
occupation:  explorer
position held:  Governor of Formosa

Frederick Coyett (Chinese: 揆一; pinyin: Kuíyī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kûi-it), born in Stockholm c. 1615 or 1620, buried in Amsterdam on 17 October 1687, was a Swedish nobleman and the last colonial governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa. He was the first Swede to travel to Japan and China and became the last governor of Dutch-occupied Taiwan (1656–1662). Source: Wikipedia (en)

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