Albert Cornelius Ruyl
Albert Cornelius Ruyl (also known as Albert Cornelisz Ruyl or A. C. Ruyl) was a trader with the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) who is best known for producing the first translation of portions of the Bible in the Malay language. Very little is known about Ruyl except for his work in translating the Bible and his mission to Morocco. Background Ruyl is known to have come from Enkhuizen and his first visit to the East Indies was probably in 1600 and by the time the VOC had established their permanent trading posts in Banten (town), Banten in 1603 and Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia in 1611, was already established as a ''koopman'' or merchant in the region with a relatively good command of the Malay language, the regional lingua franca of trade. The VOC was not only chartered with a monopoly on trade in the East Indies by the Dutch Republic but also on all aspects of Dutch involvement in the East Indies. While the VOC did not encourage Christian mission, missionary work, it did ...
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