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|successor = [[Cornelis van der Lijn]]
|birth_date = 1593
|birth_place = [[Culemborg]], [[UtrechtCounty (province)|Utrechtof Culemborg]], [[DutchHoly Roman RepublicEmpire]]
|death_date = {{Death date|1645|04|19|df=yes}} (aged 51–52)
|death_place = [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], [[Dutch East India Company in Indonesia|Dutch East India]]
|nationality = [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]]}}
'''Anthony van Diemen''' (also ''Antonie'', ''Antonio'', ''Anton'', ''Antonius''); (1593 – 19 April 1645) was a Dutch colonial governor.
== Early life ==
HeVan Diemen was born in [[Culemborg]] (now in the [[Netherlands]], then in a [[County of Culemborg|county]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]), the son of Meeus Anthonisz van Diemen<ref>[[Diemen]] is a small town near [[Amsterdam]].</ref> and Christina Hoevenaar. In 1616, he moved to [[Amsterdam]], in hope of improving his fortune as a merchant; in this he failed and was declared bankrupt. After a year he became a servant of the [[Dutch East India Company]] and sailed to [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies]] ([[Jakarta]]), capital of the [[Dutch East Indies]]. On the voyage out, the [[East Indiaman]] ''Mauritius'' inadvertently put in on unknown coast of [[Australia]].<ref>Apparently the party put ashore briefly on the [[peninsula]] that ends in [[Northwest Cape]], according to Miriam Estensen, ''Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land'' (1998:167).</ref>
== Career ==
[[Category:17th-century Dutch colonial governors]]
[[Category:Maritime history of the Dutch East India Company]]
[[Category:People of the Dutch Republic in the Dutch East Indies]]
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