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Cornelis de Houtman

1565 - 1599

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Cornelis de Houtman (2 April 1565 – 11 September 1599) was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies. Although the voyage was difficult and yielded only a modest profit, Houtman showed that the Portuguese monopoly on the spice trade was vulnerable. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelis de Houtman has received more than 190,695 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Cornelis de Houtman is the 145th most popular explorer (up from 170th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 284th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 145 out of 498. Before him are Andrés de Urdaneta, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Otto Sverdrup, Mikhail Lazarev, Sebastián de Belalcázar, and Scylax of Caryanda. After him are Emin Pasha, Mark Sykes, Don Walsh, Martin Frobisher, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, and Pêro da Covilhã.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 5. Before him are Christina of Lorraine, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Mori Ranmaru, and Marie de Gournay. After him are Francesc Ribalta, Reza Abbasi, Luís Vaz de Torres, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Ketevan the Martyr, Hendrick de Keyser, and Peter Fourier. Among people deceased in 1599, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 7. Before him are Beatrice Cenci, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Edmund Spenser, Maeda Toshiie, Luca Marenzio, and Andrew Báthory. After him are Chōsokabe Motochika, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, Francisco Guerrero, Simone Peterzano, and Edzard II, Count of East Frisia.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 271 out of 1,646. Before him are Mark van Bommel (1977), Jacob van Campen (1596), Armin van Buuren (1976), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Constantijn Huygens (1596), and Frederik Ruysch (1638). After him are Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Erik ten Hag (1970), Antonie Pannekoek (1873), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joop den Uyl (1919), and Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 8. Before him are Willem Barentsz (1550), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), and Willem Janszoon (1570). After him are Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Olivier van Noort (1558), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), and Willem de Vlamingh (1640).

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