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About François Caron
François Caron was a French Huguenot refugee to the Netherlands who served the Dutch East India Company for 30 years, rising from cook's mate to the director-general at Batavia (Jakarta), only one grade below governor-general. He retired from the VOC in 1651, and was later recruited to become director-general of the newly formed French East Indies Company in 1665 until his death in 1673.
Everything about François Caron →- Occupation
- explorer, politician, writer, director general
- Position held
- Director-General of the French East India Company, Governor of Formosa, Dutch Opperhoofd in Japan
- Citizenship
- France, Dutch Republic
- Born
- 1600
- Died
- April 5, 1673