Jan van der Goes

An Indian Prince at Cayenne in the Seventeenth Century

Bibliographic Data

ID4223383
AuthorsMartijn M Van Den Bel (0000-0002-4052-0882, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (INRAP) France Cayenne, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume96
Issue1-2
Pages55-82
Publication date2022-03-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1382-2373 • E-ISSN: 2213-4360
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/22134360-bja10016
OpenAlexW4220653927
LanguageEN
References cited11

This article tries to demonstrate that the former governor of Essequibo, Jan van der Goes, was also the Indian prince called Vandergoes met by the English, French, and Dutch in the early second half of the seventeenth century at Cayenne. This hypothesis is supported by detailed information on the career of Jan van der Goes derived from the general meetings of the Zeeland Chamber of the WIC and by appearances of the aforementioned Vandergoes in various European documents. In addition, the incorporation of this Dutchman among the Arecarets reveals a particular Amerindian adaptation to colonization along the Wild Coast

Art · Governor · Humanities · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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