Abraham van Riebeeck

Abraham van Riebeeck was born on 18 October 1653 in the Dutch Cape Colony (present-day South Africa). His father was Jan van Riebeeck, commander of the Cape, and his mother was Maria van Riebeeck. When his father moved to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) in 1662, he sent Van Riebeeck and his brother to Holland. He studied law at Leiden University from 1673 to 1676. After his studies, he became a merchant with the Dutch East India Company and travelled on the ship De Vrijheyt to Batavia, where he arrived 1677. He was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1709 until his death in 1713. ==Death==

After he became the first person to reach the summit of Tangkuban Perahu, Van Riebeeck contracted dysentery on his way home. He was unable to recover from the disease and died on 17 November 1713 in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies. File:Elisabeth van Oosten (1660-1714). Echtgenote van Abraham van Riebeeck Rijksmuseum SK-A-812.jpeg|Elisabeth van Oosten, Van Riebeeck's wife File:Elisabeth van Riebeeck (1693-1723). Dochter van Abraham van Riebeeck, echtgenote van Gerard van Oosten (1693-1723) Rijksmuseum SK-A-813.jpeg|Elisabeth van Riebeeck, Van Riebeeck's daughter ==References==