Antonio van Diemen

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Anthony van Diemen, (born 1593, Culemborg, Neth.—died April 19, 1645, Batavia, Dutch East Indies), colonial administrator who as governor-general of the Dutch East Indian settlements (1636–45) consolidated the Dutch interests in Southeast Asia.

After an unsuccessful business career in Amsterdam, van Diemen joined the Dutch East India Company, serving in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indon.) from 1618 and becoming governor-general in 1636

Van Diemen’s Land, (1642–1855), the southeastern Australian island colony that became the commonwealth state of Tasmania. Named for Anthony van Diemen, governor general of the Dutch East Indies, the island was discovered and named in 1642 by Abel J. Tasman, a celebrated navigator under Van Diemen’s command

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