Malaysia / Singapore: Engraving showing the unsuccessful Dutch East India Company attempt, led by Cornelis Matelief de Jonge, to displace the Portuguese in Malacca (Melaka) in the First Battle of Malacca, August 1606

Cornelis Matelief de Jonge (c. 1569 – October 17, 1632) was a Dutch admiral who was active in establishing Dutch power in Southeast Asia during the beginning of the 17th century. His fleet was officially on a trading mission, but its true intent was to destroy Portuguese power in the area. The fleet had 1400 men on board, including 600 soldiers. Matelief did not succeed in this. The Dutch would ultimately gain control of Malacca more than thirty years later, again joining forces with the Sultanate of Johor, and a new ally Aceh, in 1641. He was born and died in Rotterdam.

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