Frederick Coyett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish noble who served as a Dutch colonial administrator
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Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
About Frederick Coyett
- Frederick Coyett (Chinese: ??; pinyin: KuÃyi; Pe?h-oe-ji: Kûi-it), born in Stockholm c.
- 1615 or 1620, buried in Amsterdam on 17 October 1687, was a Swedish nobleman and the last colonial governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa.
- He was the first Swede to travel to Japan and China and became the last governor of Dutch-occupied Taiwan (1656–1662).
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