In his early years, he served the Dutch East India Company in Bantam, and in September 1636 he became governor of Danish Tranquebar.

His imprisonment would be taken to a court in Bantam, where the judge ruled he would again serve the Dutch by espionaging on the Spanish in the Philippines.

[4] In late 1639 English, Danish, and Dutch agents in Masulipatnam were given the order to meet with the Golconda king.

[6] Moreover, Pessart would encumber large debts from the start of his administration, and he would attempt several risky voyages to make money.

[7] Pessart ignored the Danish East India Company's most profitable commercial contacts, like Thanjavur and Makassar, to instead trade in less certain places Like Persia.

[8] Pessart estimated the initial loss to be about 150.000 Danish rigsdaler and would take a big hit on the company's economy.

[8] Pessart and the Danes viewed the loss of the St. Jacob as a tyrannous act by the Bengalis, because of their lack of help and imprisonment of the Danish crew.

[9] Appalled, Pessart sent a formal declaration of war in 1642 and sent two Danish vessels to attack Bengal, in which they captured a large ship they renamed Den Bengalske Prise.

Upon hearing this, they continued to Emeldy, where Pessart would accidentally wreck the Den Bengalske Prise, though he would safely arrive in the town.

The vessel was renamed Dend Gode Haab and had been filled with good cargo, which it was to sell in Japan.

[13] In the end, it would be ruled that Pessart and his crew would instead go to the Philippines to espionage on the Spanish for the Dutch, though disguised as Danish merchants.

[10] Pessart got shot, yet managed to get pulled back on board the dinghy, while he would gasp "Help me up, or I am a dead man!