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Frederick de Houtman

1571 - 1627

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Frederick de Houtman (c. 1571 – 21 October 1627) was a Dutch explorer, navigator, and colonial governor who sailed on the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies from 1595 until 1597, during which time he made observations of the southern celestial hemisphere and contributed to the creation of 12 new southern constellations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick de Houtman has received more than 107,634 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Frederick de Houtman is the 136th most popular explorer (up from 146th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 229th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.98

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Frederick de Houtman ranks 136 out of 405. Before him are René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Jean Chardin, António de Abreu, Rodrigo de Triana, Adam Olearius, and Gan Ying. After him are Francisco Serrão, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Mikhail Lazarev, Martin Frobisher, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, and Emin Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Frederick de Houtman ranks 9. Before him are Abbas the Great, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Michael Praetorius, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Mulla Sadra, and Thomas Mun. After him are Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Willem Blaeu, Charles, Duke of Guise, Pietro Aldobrandini, Salomon de Brosse, and Lucrezia Marinella. Among people deceased in 1627, Frederick de Houtman ranks 8. Before him are Tianqi Emperor, Luis de Góngora, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Wei Zhongxian, and Francesco Maria del Monte. After him are Juan Sánchez Cotán, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Olivier van Noort, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frederick de Houtman ranks 231 out of 1,427. Before him are Saskia Sassen (1947), C. C. Catch (1964), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Jos Verstappen (1972), Frederik Ruysch (1638), and Princess Christina of the Netherlands (1947). After him are Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Otto van Veen (1556), John II, Count of Holland (1247), and William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Frederick de Houtman ranks 7. Before him are Abel Tasman (1603), Willem Barentsz (1550), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Janszoon (1570), and Willem Schouten (1567). After him are Anthony van Diemen (1593), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Olivier van Noort (1558), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), and Willem de Vlamingh (1640).

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