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Frederick de Houtman

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Frederick de Houtman (1571 – 21 October 1627), or Frederik de Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who sailed along the Western coast of Australia en route to Batavia, known today as Jakarta in Indonesia. [1]

41 relations: Aceh, Alkmaar, Astronomy, Australia, Australian places with Dutch names, Cornelis de Houtman, Dirk Hartog, Dutch East India Company in Indonesia, Dutch Republic, Eendrachtsland, European maritime exploration of Australia, Exploration, First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia, Gouda, South Holland, History of South Australia, History of Tasmania, History of the Northern Territory, History of Western Australia, Holland, Houtman Abrolhos, Indonesia, Jakarta, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Janszoon voyage of 1605–06, Johann Bayer, Madagascar, Malay language, Marco Polo, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Netherlands, New Holland (Australia), Perth, Petrus Plancius, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia, Seventeen Provinces, Sultan, Sumatra, Uranometria, Voyage of the Pera and Arnhem to Australia in 1623, Willem Blaeu.

Aceh

Aceh; (Acehnese: Acèh; Jawoë:; Dutch: Atjeh or Aceh) is a province of Indonesia.

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Alkmaar

Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland.

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Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian places with Dutch names

Of an estimated 200 place names the Dutch bestowed on Australian localities in the 17th century as a result of the Dutch voyages of exploration along the western, northern and southern Australian coasts, only about 35 can still be found on current maps.

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Cornelis de Houtman

Cornelis de Houtman (2 April 1565 – 1 September 1599), brother of Frederick de Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and who thus begun the Dutch spice trade.

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Dirk Hartog

Dirk Hartog (baptized 30 October 1580, Amsterdam – buried 11 October 1621, Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer.

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Dutch East India Company in Indonesia

The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, "United East India Company"; VOC) had a presence in the Indonesian archipelago from 1603, when the first trading post was established, to 1800, when the bankrupt company was dissolved, and its possessions nationalised as the Dutch East Indies.

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Dutch Republic

The Dutch Republic was a republic that existed from the formal creation of a confederacy in 1581 by several Dutch provinces (which earlier seceded from the Spanish rule) until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

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Eendrachtsland

Eendrachtsland or Eendraghtsland was derived from T Landt van d'Eendracht or Land van de Eendracht and was one of the earliest names given for Australia, being in use for 28 years, from 1616 until 1644.

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European maritime exploration of Australia

The maritime European exploration of Australia consisted of several waves of white European seafarers that sailed the edges of the Australian continent.

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Exploration

Exploration is the act of searching for the purpose of discovery of information or resources.

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First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia

The First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia (Dutch: Eerste Schipvaart) was an expedition that took place from 1595 to 1597.

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Gouda, South Holland

Gouda is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands with a population of 72,338.

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History of South Australia

The history of South Australia refers to the history of the Australian State of South Australia and its preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies.

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History of Tasmania

The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the most recent ice age (approximately 10,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland.

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History of the Northern Territory

The history of the Northern Territory began over 60,000 years ago when Indigenous Australians settled the region.

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History of Western Australia

The human history of Western Australia commenced between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago with the arrival of Indigenous Australians on the northwest coast.

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Holland

Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands.

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Houtman Abrolhos

The Houtman Abrolhos (often informally called the Abrolhos Islands) is a chain of 122 islands, and associated coral reefs, in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563 – 8 February 1611) was a Dutch merchant, trader and historian.

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Janszoon voyage of 1605–06

Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing on the Australian continent in 1606, sailing from Bantam, Java, in the Duyfken.

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Johann Bayer

Johann Bayer (1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer).

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Madagascar

Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Marco Polo

Marco Polo (1254January 8–9, 1324) was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer, born in the Republic of Venice.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New Holland (Australia)

New Holland (Nieuw Holland; Nova Hollandia) is a historical European name for mainland Australia.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Petrus Plancius

Petrus Plancius (1552 – May 15, 1622) was a Dutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman.

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Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser

Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, sometimes Petrus Theodorus (c. 1540 in Emden – 11 September 1596 in Banten), was a Dutch navigator who mapped the southern sky.

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Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia

The Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia was an expedition that took place from 1598 to 1600, one of the Dutch forays into the Indonesian spice trade that led to the establishment of the Dutch East India Company.

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Seventeen Provinces

The Seventeen Provinces were the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century.

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Sultan

Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.

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Uranometria

Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.

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Voyage of the Pera and Arnhem to Australia in 1623

The Pera and Arnhem were two ships from the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Companie or VOC) that explored the north Australian coast in 1623.

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Willem Blaeu

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (157121 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_de_Houtman

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