Carel Reyniersz (1604–1653) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1650 until 1653.Reyniersz (or Reiniersz) was born in Amsterdam in 1604 (or perhaps 1602). He left for the Indies in 1627 as Upperbuyer (opperkoopman) on the Dutch Coromandel (Karnataka). He was promoted to Governor of the Coromandel Coast in 1635 even though he had been accused of engaging in (forbidden) private/personal trading.
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