List of Dutch explorations - Wikipedia
In 1627, Dutch explorers François Thijssen and Pieter Nuyts discovered the south coast of Australia and charted about 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) of it between Cape Leeuwin and the Nuyts Archipelago.
Greatest Dutch Explorers - Pantheon
Pantheon has 15 people classified as Dutch explorers born between 1550 and 1835. Of these 15, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Dutch explorers include Abel Tasman, Willem Barentsz, and Jan van Riebeeck. As of April 2024, 1 new Dutch explorers have been added to Pantheon including Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn.
Famous Dutch Explorers - Famous People in the World
1995年9月20日 · Jacob Roggeveen was a renowned Dutch explorer known for his significant discoveries during his expeditions. He was sent on a mission to find Terra Australis and Davis Land but ended up discovering Easter Island, Bora Bora, Maupiti of …
Dutch Exploration and Colonization | Encyclopedia.com
The Dutch were not explorers in the same sense as other European nations. Unlike England, Portugal, and Spain, they were not prone to sailing forth on voyages of discovery, planting their flag wherever they set foot, and claiming lands for the Dutch crown.
Category:Dutch explorers - Wikipedia
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The Dutch and the Age of Discovery - U-S-History.com
Dutch Exploration and Colonization The 1600s were a golden era for the Dutch, much as the 1500s had been for the Spanish. The Dutch merchant fleet became the greatest in the world, Amsterdam glittered as a trade center and a Dutch empire was established.
Willem Barentsz - Wikipedia
Willem Barentsz (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈbaːrənts]; c. 1550 – 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage.
Abel Janszoon Tasman - Ages of Exploration - Mariners' …
Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman became the first European to discover what we call today New Zealand, and Tasmania, the island state off Australia’s southern coast. While Tasman’s voyages were regarded as a failure by the Dutch East India Company, he was the first to map and explore the coastlines of these new territories.
Willem Barents | Arctic explorer, Arctic voyages | Britannica
Willem Barents was a Dutch navigator who searched for a northeast passage from Europe to Asia and for whom the Barents Sea was named. Because of his extensive voyages, accurate charting, and the valuable meteorological data he collected, …
Abel Tasman - Famous Explorers of the World - WorldAtlas
2017年4月25日 · A Dutch explorer and merchant, Abel Tasman was born in Lutjegast, the Dutch Republic (today the Netherlands), some time in 1603. Little is known of his childhood in what is now known as the Netherlands' province of Groningen.