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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 113,809 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Frederick de Houtman is the 43rd most popular explorer (up from 135th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 231st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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  • 66.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Frederick de Houtman ranks 43 out of 498. Before him are Juan Ponce de León, Francisco de Orellana, Thorfinn Karlsefni, William Baffin, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, and Richard E. Byrd. After him are Sven Hedin, Zhang Qian, Diego de Almagro, Jacob Roggeveen, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and Robert Falcon Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Frederick de Houtman ranks 4. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Caravaggio, and Abbas the Great. After him are Hasekura Tsunenaga, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Mun, Mulla Sadra, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Willem Blaeu, and Charles, Duke of Guise. Among people deceased in 1627, Frederick de Houtman ranks 2. Before him is Jahangir. After him are Tianqi Emperor, Luis de Góngora, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Wei Zhongxian, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Francesco Maria del Monte, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Olivier van Noort.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frederick de Houtman ranks 60 out of 1,646. Before him are Theo van Doesburg (1883), Michiel de Ruyter (1607), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Sylvia Kristel (1952), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), and Han van Meegeren (1889). After him are Jan Tinbergen (1903), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Simon van der Meer (1925), Johan de Witt (1625), Gerrit Rietveld (1888), and Ronald Koeman (1963).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Frederick de Houtman ranks 4. Before him are Abel Tasman (1603), Willem Barentsz (1550), and Jan van Riebeeck (1619). After him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), and Olivier van Noort (1558).

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