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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten

1563 - 1611

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Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563 – 8 February 1611) was a Dutch spy, merchant, traveller and writer. He travelled extensively along the East Indies regions under Portuguese influence and served as the archbishop's secretary in Goa between 1583 and 1588. He is credited with publishing in Europe important classified information about Asian trade and navigation that was hidden by the Portuguese. In 1596, he published a book, Itinerario (later translated as Discours of Voyages into Ye East & West Indies), which graphically displayed for the first time in Europe detailed maps of voyages to the East Indies, particularly India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Huyghen van Linschoten is the 179th most popular historian (down from 146th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 316th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 179 out of 561. Before him are Ibn al-Faqih, Afet İnan, Max Dvořák, George Cœdès, Karl Lamprecht, and Max Weinreich. After him are Friedrich Meinecke, Janko Prunk, Joseph Klausner, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Christopher Browning, and Pulakeshin II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 12. Before him are Johannes Althusius, Mavro Orbini, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Andrew Báthory, Jodocus Hondius, and Hosokawa Tadaoki. After him are Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Franciscus Gomarus, Katō Yoshiaki, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Enno III, Count of East Frisia, and Heo Nanseolheon. Among people deceased in 1611, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 12. Before him are Katō Kiyomasa, Bartholomeus Spranger, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Antonio Possevino, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, and Sanada Masayuki. After him are Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Princess Sophia of Sweden, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Simon I of Kartli, Jan Piotr Sapieha, and Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 366 out of 1,646. Before him are Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Jos Verstappen (1972), Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), and Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969). After him are Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Anton Corbijn (1955), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Titus van Rijn (1641), and Sharon den Adel (1974).

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Among HISTORIANS In Netherlands

Among historians born in Netherlands, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 3. Before him are Johan Huizinga (1872), and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798). After him are Reinhart Dozy (1820), Johannes Meursius (1579), and Martin van Creveld (1946).

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