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Also Known As Abel Janszoon Tasman
Born 1603? • Netherlands
Died Before October 22, 1659?

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Juan Bermúdez
Spanish navigator
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, detail of an oil painting by an anonymous artist, first half of the 17th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
Willem Schouten
Dutch explorer
Gustaaf Willem, baron van Imhoff
Dutch statesman
Jacob van Heemskerck
Dutch explorer
Eendracht
Dirck Hartog
Dutch merchant captain and explorer
Dirk van Hogendorp
Dutch statesman
Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Sebastian Cornelius Nederburgh
Dutch statesman
Barents, Willem
Willem Barents
Dutch navigator
Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
Dutch explorer and propagandist
Martin E. Johnson
American adventurer and photographer
Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
Robert Campbell
Canadian trader and explorer
Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble
John McDouall Stuart
Australian explorer
Thomas Walker
American physician

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