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Olivier van Noort

1558 - 1627

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Olivier van Noort (1558 – 22 February 1627) was a Dutch merchant captain and the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. Olivier van Noort was born in 1558 in Utrecht. He left Rotterdam on 2 July 1598 with four ships to find an alternative trade route to China and the Spice Islands during the Dutch Eighty Years' War with Spain and Portugal. His ships were poorly equipped, especially in the way of armament, and the crews were unruly. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olivier van Noort is the 240th most popular explorer (down from 194th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Olivier van Noort ranks 240 out of 498. Before him are Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Carl Anton Larsen, André Thevet, Lincoln Ellsworth, Helge Ingstad, and Ma Huan. After him are Jimmie Angel, Louise Arner Boyd, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Vladimir Atlasov, Nikolaus Federmann, and St John Philby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Olivier van Noort ranks 10. Before him are Ishikawa Goemon, Ligdan Khan, Oda Nobutaka, Thomas Kyd, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, and John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Chen Jiru, Robert Greene, and Thomas Lodge. Among people deceased in 1627, Olivier van Noort ranks 12. Before him are Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Francesco Maria del Monte, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Julius Schiller, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, and Christina of Salm.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Olivier van Noort ranks 403 out of 1,646. Before him are Frans Timmermans (1961), Petrus Camper (1722), Isaac Israëls (1865), Hannie Schaft (1920), Dick Nanninga (1949), and Marc Overmars (1973). After him are Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Ronald de Boer (1970), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Corrie ten Boom (1892), and Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Olivier van Noort ranks 13. Before him are Frederick de Houtman (1571), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), and Anthony van Diemen (1593). After him are Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).

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