Joan Geelvinck (1644–1707)

Joan Geelvinck (7 July 1644 – 21 May 1707) was a Dutch merchant and politician who followed his father Cornelis and younger brother Albert on the city council of Amsterdam.

The huge building, also used as his warehouse is nowadays better known as "Odeon", a discothèque, with an interesting interior; in the 19th century it was a music hall where Brahms and Chopin played.

[1] The fleet explored Rottnest Island, the mainland around the Swan River (present site of Perth) and several points along the coast going north.

They landed on Dirk Hartog Island, where de Vlamingh retrieved Hartogh's pewter plate which he had left behind, before heading for Batavia.

[2][3] The Geelvink returned to Holland with a cargo of textiles, saltpetre, opium, silk from Bengal and Persia, indigo, cloves and pepper.