Petition from P[iete]r Nuyts to Ant[oni]o van Diemen

Item

Title
Petition from P[iete]r Nuyts to Ant[oni]o van Diemen
Subject
Voyages and travels
Dutch East Indies
Manuscripts, Dutch
Correspondence
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Nuyts, Pieter
Keywords
Van Diemensland
Petitions
Current holder
State Library of Victoria
Period of reference 
1636 – 1636
Series number
MS 13020
Item number
9924892343607636
Access rights
Request at location
Rights 
Restricted access to physical material.
Country of origin
Indonesia
Language 
Dutch
Description from source
2 p (0.1 cm).

Pieter Nuyts (1598-1653) was a Dutch merchant and official of the Dutch East India Company. In 1627 his ship the Gulden Seepaert reached land in Southwest Australia, which was named 't Land van Pieter Nuyts in his honour.
This undated petition in Dutch is addressed to Ant[oni]o van Diemen, and requests that the writer be returned to his country (the Netherlands) after having been found innocent by the (East India) Company in a matter concerning his arrest by the Japanese, and claiming that no further proceedings could be conducted against him.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Related resources 
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/3290/