| LC control no. | no2012050539 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Moucheron, Balthasar de, 1552-1630 |
| Variant(s) | De Moucheron, Balthasar, 1552-1630 |
| Birth date | 1552 |
| Death date | 1630 |
| Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Place of death | France |
| Profession or occupation | Merchant |
| Found in | Balthasar de Moucheron, 1901 Wikipedia, via WWW, April 9, 2012 (Balthasar de Moucheron; Dutch merchant and shipowner; born 1552 in Antwerp; died 1630 in France; son of Pierre and Isabeau de Moucheron; although his name is mainly associated with early voyages to the Indies, he also acted in a much larger area, such as the Mediterranean, America, the west coast of Africa, and the Baltic and White Sea) Universität Mannheim, via WWW, April 9, 2012 (Edmundson, Rev. G. The Dutch Republic. Chapter XIX; Balthasar de Moucheron; a merchant of French extraction, who had been settled at Antwerp and fled from that city to Middelburg at the time of its capture by Parma, was the pioneer in the first efforts at a world-wide expansion of commerce; his earliest attempt was directed to the opening out of trade with Russia; in 1584 he established a factory at Archangel on the White Sea; the first actual conquest of the Gold Coast of Guinea was made by a large expedition despatched in 1598 by Balthasar de Moucheron for the seizure of the island Del Principe) |
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