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Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn

1556 - 1623

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Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn (or Lodensteijn; 1556–1623), known in Japanese as Yayōsu (耶楊子), was a Dutch navigator and trader. Jan Joosten was a native of Delft and one of the first Dutchmen in Japan, and the second mate on the Dutch ship De Liefde, which was stranded in Japan in 1600. He remained in Japan and served as a diplomatic advisor and interpreter to the Tokugawa shogunate on trade and economic matters. He was also engaged in the shuinsen (朱印船, lit. 'red seal ship') trade in Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn is the 184th most popular explorer (up from 215th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 385th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn ranks 184 out of 498. Before him are Henri Mouhot, Lancelotto Malocello, Edward Wilson, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Sophie Blanchard, and Niccolò de' Conti. After him are Matthew Flinders, John Marshall, Hanno the Navigator, James Bruce, Annie Londonderry, and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn ranks 8. Before him are Carlo Maderno, Sophia Brahe, Joseph Calasanz, Adriaen de Vries, Paul Bril, and Otto van Veen. After him are Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Tōdō Takatora, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana. Among people deceased in 1623, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn ranks 9. Before him are Halime Sultan, Mariam-uz-Zamani, Tulsidas, William Byrd, Josaphat Kuntsevych, and John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen. After him are Uesugi Kagekatsu, Domenico Fetti, Paolo Sarpi, Kara Davud Pasha, Francisco Sanches, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn ranks 310 out of 1,646. Before him are Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622), Jan de Bont (1943), Frits Bolkestein (1933), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Jan van der Heyden (1637), and Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633). After him are Herman Snellen (1834), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Jacobus Oud (1890), Joop den Uyl (1919), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), and Aad de Mos (1947).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn ranks 10. Before him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), and Cornelis de Houtman (1565). After him are Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Olivier van Noort (1558), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).

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