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Juan Pedro Van Collen


NationalityDutch 
RolesShip Owner, Administrator 
Date of Birth1696ref:1936
First Known Service1721ref:1936
Last Known Service20.5.1738ref:1936
Date of Death23.9.1738ref:1936

Ships Owned


FromToVesselSource
12.17361738
Santa Ana (Unknown) 1736
Dutch Unknown Gun
Privateer Sloop
 
12.17361738
El Corsario de Curazao (Unknown) 1736
Dutch Unknown Gun
Privateer Sloop
 
12.17361738
Maria Luisa (10) 1733
Dutch 10 Gun
Privateer Sloop
 
12.17361738
Brasol (Unknown) 1736
Dutch Unknown Gun
Privateer Sloop
 

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
17202.1731Appointed councilman and Slave Comissionerref:946
17201738He operated with Jacob de Petersen a company called "Van Collen & Comp".   He operated a gambling house in the vicinity of the fort.Event Historyref:946
1721 Appointed Gouverneur-Generaal at Curaçaoref:1936
2.173120.5.1738Appointed Gouverneur-Generaal at Curaçaoref:1936
12.1736 Creation of Company of Armaments for Warref:1936
1737 Issued a prohibition on catching the bubis or collecting their eggs in view of the inconvenience to shipping that would result from the destruction of bird-life. The punishments instituted were quite formidable: whites where fined with 50 pesos and coloured persons to be condemned to scourging and a year's forced labour in the bonaire salt-pans.Event HistoryDate fromDate toEventS Curaçao ref:946

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