Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
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1563 – 1611
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Who was Jan Huyghen van Linschoten?
Jan Huyghen van Linschoten was a Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian. An alternative spelling of his second name is Huijgen.
He is credited with publishing important information about Asian trade, such as the navigational routes that enabled the passage to the elusive East Indies to be opened to the English and the Dutch. This enabled the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company to break the 16th century monopoly enjoyed by the Portuguese on trade with the East Indies.
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- Born
- 1563
Haarlem - Also known as
- Jan Huygen van Linschoten
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Lived in
- North Holland
- Haarlem
- Died
- Feb 8, 1611
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on July 23, 2013
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