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Cornelis de Houtman

1565 - 1599

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Cornelis de Houtman (2 April 1565 – 1 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 173,136 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Cornelis de Houtman is the 171st most popular explorer (down from 168th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 281st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 171 out of 405Before him are Matthew Flinders, Vasily Tatishchev, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Jim Bridger, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, and Luís Vaz de Torres. After him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Lincoln Ellsworth, Gustav Nachtigal, James Weddell, Nikolai Rezanov, and Carsten Borchgrevink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 7Before him are Christina of Lorraine, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Mori Ranmaru, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Marie de Gournay, and Luís Vaz de Torres. After him are Reza Abbasi, Francesc Ribalta, Hendrick de Keyser, Ketevan the Martyr, Peter Fourier, and Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Among people deceased in 1599, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 10Before him are Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, and Chōsokabe Motochika. After him are Simone Peterzano, Francisco Guerrero, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, and Menocchio.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 284 out of 1,427Before him are Armin van Buuren (1976), Hercules Seghers (1589), Aert de Gelder (1645), Henk Sneevliet (1883), Abraham van Beijeren (1620), and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788). After him are Frank de Boer (1970), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Jan van Huysum (1682), Jaap Stam (1972), Marc Overmars (1973), and Pieter Boddaert (1730).

Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 9Before him are Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Janszoon (1570), Willem Schouten (1567), Frederick de Houtman (1571), and Anthony van Diemen (1593). After him are Olivier van Noort (1558), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).