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Cornelis de Houtman

1565 - 1599

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Cornelis de Houtman (2 April 1565 – 11 September 1599) was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies. Although the voyage was difficult and yielded only a modest profit, Houtman showed that the Portuguese monopoly on the spice trade was vulnerable. A flurry of Dutch trading voyages followed, eventually leading to the displacement of the Portuguese and the establishment of a Dutch monopoly on spice trading in the East Indies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelis de Houtman is the 160th most popular explorer (down from 145th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 271st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 160 out of 498. Before him are João da Nova, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Scylax of Caryanda, Martin Frobisher, Hans Staden, and Gil Eanes. After him are Adrien de Gerlache, Gaspar de Portolá, Enrique of Malacca, Otto Sverdrup, Emin Pasha, and Isabelle Eberhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 6. Before him are Luís Vaz de Torres, Christina of Lorraine, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Mori Ranmaru, and Marie de Gournay. After him are Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Reza Abbasi, Hendrick de Keyser, Edward Fortunatus, Francesc Ribalta, and Peter Fourier. Among people deceased in 1599, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 7. Before him are Beatrice Cenci, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Edmund Spenser, Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, and Andrew Báthory. After him are Chōsokabe Motochika, Chand Bibi, Menocchio, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, and Francisco Guerrero.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 261 out of 1,646. Before him are Geert Groote (1340), Dick Bruna (1927), Cornelis van Haarlem (1562), Ton Koopman (1944), William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), and Guido van Rossum (1956). After him are Yolanda Hadid (1964), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Wim Eijk (1953), Tiësto (1969), Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 9. Before him are Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Frederick de Houtman (1571), and Alexandrine Tinné (1835). After him are Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Olivier van Noort (1558), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).

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