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Nicolaes or Nicolaas Verburg (also Verburgh, Verburch) (c. 1620, Delft – November 1676, Netherlands) was the Dutch Governor of Formosa from 1649 to 1653 and Director General of the VOC council in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, from 1668 to 1675.

Probably as a teenager, Verburg sailed with the ship Hertogenbosch as onderkoopman ("sub-merchant") from Delft. He arrived in Batavia on 20 July 1637. He worked his way up in the hierarchy of the VOC and in August 1646 is appointed director of its station in Gamron in Safavid Persia. He returns to Batavia from Persia to become Governor of Formosa, starting just 4 days later. After his governorship he leaves for Batavia on 8 December 1653 on the ship de Haas, arriving 11 January 1654. Here he becomes a regular member of the Raad van Indië. Sometime before 1662 in Batavia, he married Maria van Santen (1636–1678), the daughter of Pieter van Santen, a mayor of Delft. In 1668 he becomes the council's Director General. He holds this position until September 1675, after which he departs home after 38 years in Asia as the Admiral of a "returning fleet", sailing from November 1675 till September 1676.

Both Nicolaas and Maria died very soon after their arrival, in November 1676. They had one surviving daughter, Adriana (1662–1732), who as a 14-year-old orphan married Gerard Putmans (1641–1698), the 35-year-old son of another former governor of Formosa (Hans Putmans), in February 1677. Gerard and Adriana bought the Sion Estate near Rijswijk in 1679.

References

1. "Verburgh, Nicolaas" (in Dutch). Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek (New Dutch Biographical Dictionary).
2. Andrade, Tonio. "Appendix B". How Taiwan Became Chinese.
3. Genealogy of Nicolaes Verburch (in Dutch)
4. Willem Wijnaendts van Resandt, De gezaghebbers der Oost-Indische Compagnie op hare buiten-comptoiren in Azië, Liebaert, 1944, pp 129-130.
5. The story of the Sion Estate (in Dutch)

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Organization	Dutch East India Company (Jakarta, Dutch East Indies)
Events	Battle of Liaoluo Bay Pacification Campaign Lamey Island Massacre Guo Huaiyi Rebellion Siege of Fort Zeelandia
Places	Villages Bakloan Dalivo Favorlang Kelang Longkiau Mattau Pangsoia Pimaba Sakam Sinkan Soulang Tampsuy Tamsuy Tevorang Tirosen Fortifications Fengguiwei Fort Fort Zeelandia Fort Provintia Fort Anthonio
People	Governors Marten Sonk Gerard Frederikszoon de With Pieter Nuyts Hans Putmans Johan van der Burg Paulus Traudenius Maximilian le Maire François Caron Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater Nicolas Verburg Cornelis Caesar Frederick Coyett Missionaries George Candidius Daniel Gravius Antonius Hambroek Gilbertus Happart Robert Junius Others Koxinga Zheng Zhilong

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