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Abraham van Riebeeck

Abraham van Riebeeck (October 18, 1653 - November 17, 1713) was a Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was born in the Cape Colony in South Africa, and was the son of Jan van Riebeeck. After he finished his studies in the Netherlands in 1676, he entered the Dutch East India Company as a merchant.

From 1709 until his death in 1713, he was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was a keen explorer, who undertook several smaller and a few larger voyages in the Indies.

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