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Willem de Vlamingh

1640 - 1698

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Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (baptized 28 November 1640 – after 7 August 1702) was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland (Australia) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan River. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem de Vlamingh has received more than 165,555 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Willem de Vlamingh is the 264th most popular explorer (down from 261st in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 460th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Explorer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Willem de Vlamingh ranks 264 out of 498. Before him are Jens Munk, Carl Peters, Oscar Wisting, Francis Garnier, Jim Bridger, and Anthony Jenkinson. After him are Isidore of Charax, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Ippolito Rosellini, Paweł Strzelecki, Grigory Shelikhov, and Juan Pizarro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Willem de Vlamingh ranks 17. Before him are Antoine Coysevox, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Abraham Mignon, Philippe de La Hire, Mariana Alcoforado, and Jacques Ozanam. After him are Gerard de Lairesse, Claude Fleury, Georg Mohr, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and John Mayow. Among people deceased in 1698, Willem de Vlamingh ranks 8. Before him are Rasmus Bartholin, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Petro Doroshenko, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Andrea Guarneri, and Gerrit Berckheyde. After him are John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Hâfiz Osman, Balthasar Bekker, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, and David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem de Vlamingh ranks 486 out of 1,646. Before him are Caesar van Everdingen (1616), Wim Ruska (1940), Adri van der Poel (1959), Pieter Pourbus (1523), Gerard Reve (1923), and Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637). After him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Barent Fabritius (1624), Maria van Oosterwijck (1630), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Henk ten Cate (1954), and Reinhart Dozy (1820).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Willem de Vlamingh ranks 14. Before him are Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Olivier van Noort (1558), and Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556). After him are Dirk Hartog (1580).

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