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Olivier van Noort

1558 - 1627

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Olivier van Noort (1558 – 22 February 1627) was a Dutch merchant captain and the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. Olivier van Noort was born in 1558 in Utrecht. He left Rotterdam on 2 July 1598 with four ships to find an alternative trade route to China and the Spice Islands during the Dutch Eighty Years' War with Spain and Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olivier van Noort has received more than 65,200 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Olivier van Noort is the 194th most popular explorer (down from 179th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 304th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Olivier van Noort ranks 194 out of 498. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Aleksandra Potanina, Jimmie Angel, Alexander Mackenzie, Bartolomeu Perestrello, and Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. After him are Matthew Flinders, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Wilhelm Filchner, James Weddell, Samuel Wallis, and André Thevet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Olivier van Noort ranks 7. Before him are Michael the Brave, Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Ishikawa Goemon, Hendrik Goltzius, Ligdan Khan, and Oda Nobutaka. After him are Margrave Andrew of Burgau, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Thomas Kyd, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Chen Jiru, and Robert Greene. Among people deceased in 1627, Olivier van Noort ranks 12. Before him are Wei Zhongxian, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Francesco Maria del Monte, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Princess Cecilia of Sweden. After him are Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Christina of Salm, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Jan Gruter, and Guðbrandur Þorláksson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Olivier van Noort ranks 343 out of 1,646. Before him are Mart Stam (1899), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Sharon den Adel (1974), Hans van Breukelen (1956), and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597). After him are Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), Karel Doorman (1889), Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), Gemma Frisius (1508), Titus Brandsma (1881), and Tom Okker (1944).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Olivier van Noort ranks 12. Before him are Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Anthony van Diemen (1593), and Jacob van Heemskerck (1567). After him are Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).

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