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Dirk Hartog

1580 - 1621

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Dirk Hartog (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k ˈɦɑrtɔx]; baptised 30 October 1580 – buried 11 October 1621) was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artefact to record his visit, the Hartog Plate. His name is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochszch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirk Hartog has received more than 347,960 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Dirk Hartog is the 433rd most popular explorer (down from 351st in 2019), the 831st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Dirk Hartog ranks 433 out of 498. Before him are Sverre Hassel, Luke Foxe, Edward John Eyre, George Back, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, and Robert McClure. After him are Henry Kellett, Tim Severin, Mikhail Somov, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Aeneas Mackintosh, and John Gardner Wilkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Dirk Hartog ranks 26. Before him are Matei Basarab, Carlo Contarini, Julius Schiller, Thomas Middleton, Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, and Johann Faulhaber. After him is Massasoit. Among people deceased in 1621, Dirk Hartog ranks 27. Before him are Jan Jesenius, Hendrick de Keyser, Ottavio Rinuccini, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Pietro Aldobrandini, and Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him is Mary Sidney.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dirk Hartog ranks 831 out of 1,646. Before him are Janine Jansen (1978), Reinier Beeuwkes (1884), Laura Fygi (1955), Junkie XL (1967), Arie Schans (1952), and Michiel Huisman (1981). After him are Berry van Aerle (1962), Bernard Leene (1903), Stefan de Vrij (1992), Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Remco Campert (1929), and Tini Wagner (1919).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Dirk Hartog ranks 15. Before 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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