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Joris van
Spilbergen (1568 in
Antwerp – 13
January 1620 in
Bergen op Zoom) was a
Dutch naval officer. His
first major expedition was in 1596, when he sailed...
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Portuguese India. In the year 1602, on 2 May, the
Dutch Admiral Joris van
Spilbergen arrived in
Ceylon with
three ships from the
Dutch port of
Veere after...
- A 17th-century
engraving of
Dutch explorer Joris van
Spilbergen meeting with King
Vimaladharmasuriya in 1602...
- diminished.
According to Juan
Ignacio Molina, the
Dutch captain Joris van
Spilbergen observed the use of
hueques (possibly a
llama type) by
native Mapuches...
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sailors Sebald de
Weert in 1598,
Olivier van
Noort in 1599, and
Joris van
Spilbergen in 1615
claimed that
giants were
living in Patagonia. In 1766, a rumour...
- unknown.
According to Juan
Ignacio Molina, the
Dutch captain Joris van
Spilbergen observed the use of
chilihueques by
native Mapuches of
Mocha Island as...
- they
returned from
Batavia to
Amsterdam in the
company of
Joris van
Spilbergen, who was on a cir****navigation of the
Earth himself, be it via the traditional...
- Peradeniya.
Reports of
early Dutch visitors Sebald de
Veert and
Joris van
Spilbergen mention him as Don João da Austria. Joao
Rebeiro mentions one Don Juan...
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Stranger Kings, Kandi, Ceylon, 1602. In this example, the
Dutch explorer Joris van
Spilbergen meets King
Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy....
- Bay')
after the
abundance of fish. Not long afterwards,
Admiral Joris van
Spilbergen reported catching penguins and
sheep on
Robben Island. In 1648, Dutch...
