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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 pirate 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 and a plan to attack Spanish possessions in the Pacific and to trade with China and the Spice Islands during the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olivier van Noort has received more than 60,207 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Olivier van Noort is the 180th most popular explorer, the 304th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 10th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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  • 17

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Olivier van Noort ranks 180 out of 405. Before him are Gustav Nachtigal, James Weddell, Nikolai Rezanov, Carsten Borchgrevink, Masabumi Hosono, and Joshua Slocum. After him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Hjalmar Johansen, Naddodd, Don Walsh, Francisco de Bobadilla, and Jimmie Angel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Olivier van Noort ranks 6. Before him are Michael the Brave, Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Hendrik Goltzius, Ishikawa Goemon, and Oda Nobutaka. After him are François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Thomas Kyd, Robert Greene, and Thomas Lodge. Among people deceased in 1627, Olivier van Noort ranks 12. Before him are Wei Zhongxian, Francesco Maria del Monte, Frederick de Houtman, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, and Princess Cecilia of Sweden. After him are Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Guðbrandur Þorláksson, and Thomas Middleton.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Olivier van Noort ranks 304 out of 1,427. Before him are Henri Winkelman (1876), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Teddy Scholten (1926), Sicco Mansholt (1908), Cornelis Tromp (1629), and Frans Timmermans (1961). After him are Danny Blind (1961), Jan van der Heyden (1637), Franciscus Donders (1818), Huub Stevens (1953), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), and Albert van Ouwater (1415).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Olivier van Noort ranks 10. Before him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Janszoon (1570), Willem Schouten (1567), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Anthony van Diemen (1593), and Cornelis de Houtman (1565). After him are Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).

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