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Willem van der Haegen

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Flemish merchant

Historical FiguresLived 1430 to 1507 · aged 77
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D. Willem van der Haegen, or Willem De Kersemakere, known in Portuguese as Guilherme da Silveira, or Guilherme Casmaca, was a Flemish-born Azorean entrepreneur, explorer, and colonizer. He was a pioneer colonizer in Azorean history and his descendants formed part of the original Azorean nobility.

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Civil sentence in the archives of Bruges detailing Willem's commercial relations with Portuguese merchants.Civil sentence in the archives of Bruges detailing Willem's commercial relations with Portuguese merchants.

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Historical Figures
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deceased
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Lived 1430 to 1507 · aged 77
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