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xxvii Timeline 1572/5 Estimated date of birth of Jacques de Coutre in Bruges, Flanders, in present-day Belgium. 1577 (5 March) Baptized in Bruges. 1591 (22 June) Farewell at Sluis; proceeded to Flushing via Middelburg. 1591 (after 1 August) Brief stint fishing for cod in the North Sea. 1592 (Spring) Headed for Lisbon; met his older brother Paul; proceeded with his brother Joseph to Goa via the Abrolhos Islands and the Cape of Good Hope. 1592 (14 September) Arrived in Goa. 1593 (28 September) Arrived in Melaka. Voyage by sea via Singapore to Pahang. 1595 (8 May–about December) Departure on diplomatic mission to Siam; eight-month sojourn in and around Ayutthaya. 1596 Brief return to Melaka via Cambodia. 1600 Headed for Manila via Brunei, Palawan and Mindoro. 1600–02 Life in Manila; witnessed battle at sea between the Spanish armada and the ships of Olivier van Noort in Manila Bay (14 December 1600); acted as translator for Lambert Biesman. 1602 Returned to Melaka via Borneo and Riau Islands. 1602 (Spring) Brief stay at Melaka; travelled with Júlio de Barros to Patani to trade in textiles. There he met Jacob van Neck, Jacob van Heemskerck, and evidently also Simon Lambertsz. Mau. 1602–03 Returned to Melaka via Batu Sawar; witnessed unfolding of a political crisis between Johor and Portuguese Melaka that ended in the massacre of Christian prisoners. 1603 (March or April) Headed for Goa to get married; travelled by sea via Baticalao and Tuticorin. 00a MJdC fm.indd 27 10/24/13 4:31:52 PM Timeline xxviii 1603 (2 May) Arrival in Goa; wed his sister-in-law Dona Catarina (Cathalina) do Couto within one week of his arrival in Goa. 1606 First overland voyage to Europe via Hormuz, Basra, Baghdad, the ruins of Babylon, Aleppo, toward Marseille via Cyprus, Malta and Pantelleria. Jacques was captured off the north African coast by Tunesian pirates, and ransomed for 1,000 escudos in gold. After he was released, he continued his journey toward Marseille, Bayonne, Irún, Valladolid, Segovia, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela and Lisbon. 1609 Return voyage from Lisbon to Goa via the sea route, departing from Lisbon on 22 March and arriving in Goa on 15 November that year. 1620–21 Second overland voyage to Europe via Baghdad, Aleppo, Con­ stantinople, and from there overland to Spain. Jacques returned to Goa via Baghdad, Isfahan, Shiraz, and the Persian coast, and from there via sea to Goa. 1623 Arrested in Goa and deported (1 April 1623) together with his brother Joseph and the German Cristóvão Luís van Undiston to Lisbon. 1623–28 Wrote the Vida de Jaques de Coutre and the Memorials. 1628 (29 December) Date of last memorial. 1632 (29 June) Exonerated by the Council of Portugal. 1640 (July) Died in Zaragoza; buried in San Andrés Hospital, Madrid. 00a MJdC fm.indd 28 10/24/13 4:31:53 PM ...

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