Pieter de Carpentier (19 February 1586 – 5 September 1659) was a Dutch administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who served as Governor-General there from 1623 to 1627. The Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is named after him.
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19 February 1586 Antwerp, Dutch Republic
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Died |
1659 (aged 72) Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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