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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten

1563 - 1611

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Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563 – 8 February 1611) was a Dutch merchant, traveller and writer. He travelled extensively along the East Indies regions under Portuguese influence and served as the archbishop's secretary in Goa between 1583 and 1588. He is credited with publishing in Europe important classified information about Asian trade and navigation that was hidden by the Portuguese. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Huyghen van Linschoten has received more than 128,170 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jan Huyghen van Linschoten is the 158th most popular historian (down from 131st in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 290th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 158 out of 339. Before him are Martino Martini, Max Weinreich, Arnold Toynbee, Agatharchides, Steven Runciman, and Afet İnan. After him are Jan Assmann, Antony Beevor, Benzion Netanyahu, Linda Nochlin, Karl Lamprecht, and René Grousset.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 11. Before him are Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Mavro Orbini, Guru Arjan, Jodocus Hondius, Andrew Báthory, and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Hosokawa Gracia, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Franciscus Gomarus, Heo Nanseolheon, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and Katō Yoshiaki. Among people deceased in 1611, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 14. Before him are Eleanor de' Medici, Antonio Possevino, Sanada Masayuki, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, and Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans. After him are Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Gioseffo Guami.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 335 out of 1,427. Before him are Jan Mandijn (1500), Frans de Waal (1948), C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817), Jordi Cruyff (1974), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), and Anton Corbijn (1955). After him are Philippa of Guelders (1464), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), and Aad de Mos (1947).

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Among HISTORIANS In Netherlands

Among historians born in Netherlands, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten ranks 2. Before him are Johan Huizinga (1872). After him are Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798), Reinhart Dozy (1820), Johannes Meursius (1579), and Martin van Creveld (1946).

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