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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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  • Dutch badminton player Joris van Son (1623–1667), Flemish painter Joris van Spilbergen (1568–1620), Dutch naval officer Joris van der Haagen (c.1615–1669)...
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    Compagnie van De Moucheron was made up of three ships, 'Ram', 'Schaap' (Sheep) and the pinasse 'Lam' (Lamb) and was headed by Joris van Spilbergen. Its fleet...
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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...
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    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...
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    the early Portuguese mariners, it was renamed Elizabeth Eiland by Joris van Spilbergen in 1601. The form Dasseneiland (Dutch/Afrikaans) is preferred for...
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    trained to harness. According to Juan Ignacio Molina the Dutch captain Joris van Spilbergen observed the use of chiliquenes (a llama type) by native Mapuches...
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    to get rid of the Portuguese. From Cape Comorin the Dutch Admiral Joris van Spilbergen steered his course to Point de Galle; but, without landing there...
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    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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    needed] The Dutch sailors Sebald de Weert in 1598, Olivier van Noort in 1599, and Joris van Spilbergen in 1615 claimed that giants were living in Patagonia...
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    A 17th-century engraving of Dutch explorer Joris van Spilbergen meeting with King Vimaladharmasuriya in 1602...
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    de Tolentino. According to Juan Ignacio Molina, the Dutch captain Joris van Spilbergen observed the use of chilihueques (a South American camelid) by native...
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    mitochondrial DNA analysis of bones from Mocha Island. According to Molina, Joris van Spilbergen observed the Mapuche of Mocha Island using chilihueques as plough...
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    and the Kandyans were initiated on 2 June 1602 when Dutch explorer Joris van Spilbergen arrived at Santhamuruthu on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. Later...
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  • Indies as master of the Lam, one of three ships in the fleet of Joris van Spilbergen. Janszoon sailed from the Netherlands for the East Indies for the...
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  • Bay') after the abundance of fish. Not long afterwards, Admiral Joris van Spilbergen reported catching penguins and sheep on Robben Island. In 1648, Dutch...
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    defeat the Portuguese. In 1602, therefore, when the Dutch captain Joris van Spilbergen landed, the king of Kandy appealed to him for help. In 1669, the...
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  • Davis as pilot-major. May 5 – Dutch explorer Joris van Spilbergen, leading three ships of the Compagnie van De Moucheron, departs on his first expedition...
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  • passage and between 1614 and 1617, circumnavigated the world with Joris van Spilbergen. Jan Jacobsz May is best remembered for giving his name to the island...
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    released, they returned from Batavia to Amsterdam in the company of Joris van Spilbergen, who was on a circumnavigation of the Earth himself, be it via the...
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    the port of Salagua against an attack by 200 Dutch pirates led by Joris van Spilbergen. In the afternoon, both sides ran out of ammunition. Vizcaíno's men...
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    privateers, among whom Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, Richard Hawkins, Joris van Spilbergen, John Watling, Baltazar de Cordes, Bartholomew Sharp, William Dampier...
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    are unknown. According to Juan Ignacio Molina, the Dutch captain Joris van Spilbergen observed the use of chilihueques by native Mapuches of Mocha Island...
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  • Ruyter Michiel de Ruyter Jan van Ryen Gilles Schey Volckert Schram Cornelis Schrijver Herman van Speult Joris van Spilbergen Enno Doedes Star Auke Stellingwerf...
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    "My Voyage Around the World", translated into various languages. Joris van Spilbergen (Dutch); 1614–1617; westward from Holland. Willem Schouten and Jacob...
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    Company (V.O.C.) had been established in March. On May 31, Admiral Joris van Spilbergen arrived with three ships after a 12-month voyage. He visited the...
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    Davis as pilot-major. May 5 – Dutch explorer Joris van Spilbergen, leading three ships of the Compagnie van De Moucheron, departs on his first expedition...
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  • reinforcements arrived, the island was re-captured. Balthazar commissioned Joris van Spilbergen, who sailed in May 1600 with four ships to India. The expedition...
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    welcoming any power who might rescue them. When the Dutch captain Joris van Spilbergen landed in 1602, the king of Kandy appealed to him for help. Rajasinghe...
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  •  13. ISBN 978-2-88124-066-9. Joris van Spilbergen (1906). The East and West Indian Mirror: Being an Account of Joris Van Speilbergen's Voyage Round the...
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