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Willem Schouten

1567 - 1625

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Willem Cornelisz Schouten (c. 1567 – 1625) was a Dutch navigator for the Dutch East India Company. He was the first to sail the Cape Horn route to the Pacific Ocean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Schouten is the 74th most popular explorer (down from 71st in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 117th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Explorer.

Willem Schouten was a Dutch explorer who was the first European to discover Tasmania.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Willem Schouten ranks 74 out of 498. Before him are William Dampier, Richard E. Byrd, Luís Vaz de Torres, Alonso de Ojeda, Jules Dumont d'Urville, and Pêro da Covilhã. After him are John Smith, Diogo Dias, Ármin Vámbéry, Juan Díaz de Solís, Xu Fu, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Willem Schouten ranks 7. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi, Francis de Sales, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Samuel de Champlain, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, and Date Masamune. After him are Eleanor de' Medici, Sanada Yukimura, Jacques Clément, Honoré d'Urfé, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, and Jacob van Heemskerck. Among people deceased in 1625, Willem Schouten ranks 7. Before him are James VI and I, Sofonisba Anguissola, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Johann Bayer, and Simon Marius. After him are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Giambattista Marino, Duchess Anna of Prussia, Honoré d'Urfé, and Mōri Terumoto.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Schouten ranks 113 out of 1,646. Before him are Lucas van Leyden (1494), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), Harry Mulisch (1927), Norbert of Xanten (1080), Jacobus Arminius (1560), and Bernard Mandeville (1670). After him are Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Gerard David (1450), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Anton Mauve (1838), and Eugène Dubois (1858).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Willem Schouten ranks 5. Before him are Abel Tasman (1603), Willem Barentsz (1550), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), and Jacob Roggeveen (1659). After him are Willem Janszoon (1570), 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).

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