Krzysztof Arciszewski
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Krzysztof Arciszewski (9 December 1592 in
.He was brought up in a family of devout members of the
Calvinism. Thanks to support of Krzysztof Radziwiłł he was able to study artillery, military engineering and navigation at Leiden University. In 1637 he became a vice-governor of Dutch Brazil
and head chief of Dutch military forces in that country.
In 1646 he returned to Poland, where he became General of the Artillery.
See also
Sources
- (in Polish) Krzysztof Arciszewski in pl:Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1859-10-03, pp. 17–18 p. 17 & p. 18
- (in Polish) Arciszewski, Krzysztof in pl:S. Orgelbranda Encyklopedia Powszechna (1898) v. 1, pp. 415-416
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