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Dirk Hartog

1580 - 1621

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Dirk Hartog (Dutch: [ˈdɪr(ə)k ˈɦɑrtɔx]; baptised 30 October 1580 – buried 11 October 1621) was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artifact to record his visit, the Hartog Plate. His name is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochsz. Ernest Giles referred to him as Theodoric Hartog. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dirk Hartog is the 409th most popular explorer (up from 433rd in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 831st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Dirk Hartog ranks 409 out of 498. Before him are Étienne Brûlé, Johannes Rebmann, Edward Belcher, George Kennan, Grímur Kamban, and Charles Francis Hall. After him are Fyodor Konyukhov, Edward John Eyre, Jørgen Jørgensen, Ernest Henry Wilson, Henry Kellett, and Clements Markham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Dirk Hartog ranks 26. Before him are Julius Schiller, Daniël Heinsius, Carlo Contarini, Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, Thomas Middleton, and Johann Faulhaber. After him is Massasoit. Among people deceased in 1621, Dirk Hartog ranks 28. Before him are Hendrick de Keyser, Ottavio Rinuccini, Pietro Aldobrandini, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Mary Sidney.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirk Hartog ranks 768 out of 1,646. Before him are Femke Halsema (1966), Thérèse Schwartze (1851), Martin van Creveld (1946), Doutzen Kroes (1985), Jaap Eden (1873), and Nicolaas Pierson (1839). After him are Ed de Goey (1966), Cornelis Ketel (1548), Henriette Roland Holst (1869), Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846), and Joseph Bruyère (1948).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Dirk Hartog ranks 15. Before him are Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Olivier van Noort (1558), and Willem de Vlamingh (1640).

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