Anthony Rowse
Anthony Rowse | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Surinam | |
| In office 1650–1654 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | William Byam |
Anthony Rowse was the first Colonial Governor of Suriname during English suzerainty. Sir Thomas Modyford, 1st Baronet mentions his starting an English settlement on the Suriname River.[1] In 1650 reportedly landed in Suriname with around 300 people. That said as the effort had been initiated by Baron Francis Willoughby it would later be known as Willoughby-Land.[2] Once there Rowse is said to have negotiated with two "Carib kings or princes."[3]
References
- ^ Michiel van Groesen (9 June 2014). The Legacy of Dutch Brazil. Cambridge University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-107-06117-0.
- ^ Jonathan D. Hill (1 June 1996). History, Power, and Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Americas, 1492-1992. University of Iowa Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-58729-110-4.
- ^ Ellen-Rose Kambel (1 January 1999). The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Maroons in Suriname. IWGIA. p. 23. ISBN 978-87-90730-17-8.