page_title: Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff
hierarchical_section_title: Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Portret van Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff (c. 1573-1609). Kapitein (1600) en commandeur (1607) bij de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Vermoord op Banda. Buste, bijna aanziend. Om de borst een veelvoudige gouden keten met medaillon, rechts op de achtergrond een zeegezicht met schepen. Linksboven het familiewapen.
context_page_description: Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff was a Dutch admiral of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, notable for his voyage to Asia between 1607 and 1612.
  Verhoeff was in the service of the Dutch East India Company. In 1601, he was involved in the Siege of Ostend. During the Battle of Gibraltar, in 1607, he was flag captain of the Aeolus, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk.
  He died during an expedition to Banda, where he and many of his crew were ambushed and murdered by natives of Banda Island while negotiating with them for the Dutch East India Company. This assassination was the direct cause of the Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands.
context_section_description: Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff (c. 1573 – 22 May 1609) was a Dutch admiral of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, notable for his voyage to Asia between 1607 and 1612.
  Verhoeff was in the service of the Dutch East India Company. In 1601, he was involved in the Siege of Ostend. During the Battle of Gibraltar, in 1607, he was flag captain of the Aeolus, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk. 
  He died during an expedition to Banda, where he and many of his crew were ambushed and murdered by natives of Banda Island while negotiating with them for the Dutch East India Company. This assassination was the direct cause of the Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (1609–1621).
caption: Rijksmuseum portrait
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