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Jacob van Heemskerck

1567 - 1607

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Jacob van Heemskerck (3 March 1567 – 25 April 1607) was a Dutch explorer and naval admiral. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob van Heemskerck has received more than 40,446 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jacob van Heemskerck is the 177th most popular explorer (up from 202nd in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 336th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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  • 56.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jacob van Heemskerck ranks 177 out of 498. Before him are Paulo da Gama, Gaspar Corte-Real, António de Abreu, Simon Fraser, John Sutter, and Anthony van Diemen. After him are John Rolfe, Hendrik Brouwer, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and William Parry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Jacob van Heemskerck ranks 12. Before him are Willem Schouten, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Jacques Clément, Sanada Yukimura, Eleanor de' Medici, and Jindřich Matyáš Thurn. After him are Honoré d'Urfé, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Arima Harunobu, Christoph Demantius, and Richard Burbage. Among people deceased in 1607, Jacob van Heemskerck ranks 8. Before him are Alessandro Allori, Caesar Baronius, Anna d'Este, Giorgio Basta, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, and Hans Vredeman de Vries. After him are Gillis van Coninxloo, Guidobaldo del Monte, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Michele Ruggieri, and Eleanor of Prussia.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacob van Heemskerck ranks 304 out of 1,646. Before him are Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Ton Koopman (1944), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Jan van der Heyden (1637), Henri Winkelman (1876), and Lidwina (1380). After him are Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Theo Jansen (1948), Piet Schrijvers (1946), Jan Janssen (1940), Roy Makaay (1975), and Phillip Cocu (1970).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Jacob van Heemskerck ranks 11. Before him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), and Anthony van Diemen (1593). After him are Olivier van Noort (1558), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).

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