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17th-century Dutch explorers

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Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)

Jakob Roggeveen

Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer

Willem Janszoon

Dutch navigator and colonial governor (c.1570–c.1630)

Willem Schouten

Dutch mariner and explorer (c.1585–1616)

Frederick de Houtman

Dutch explorer, navigator, and colonial governor (1571–1627)

Willem de Vlamingh

Dutch sea captain and explorer (1640–1702)

Cornelis de Bruijn

Dutch painter, writer and traveller (1652-1727)

Hendrik Brouwer

Dutch explorer, navigator and colonial administrator (1581–1643)

Olivier van Noort

Dutch privateer

Jan Carstenszoon

17th century Dutch explorer of New Guinea and Australia

Dutch explorer, writer, sinologist (1618-1672)

Dutch explorer of Japan (1589–1647)

Sebald de Weert

Flemish captain and vice-admiral Dutch East India Company

3rd Governor of Formosa

Simon van der Stel

Dutch explorer (1639-1712)

Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout

Joris van Spilbergen

François Thijssen

17th-century Dutch-French explorer

Jacques l'Hermite

Dutch admiral and explorer (1582-1624)

Willem Bontekoe

Pieter van den Broecke

Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Pieter de Marees

Dutch trader, explorer and writer

Cornelius Jacobsen May

Dutch explorer and colonist (1580–1624)

Jan Janszoon Struys

Dutch cartographer (1566-1636)

Philippus Baldaeus

Dutch Christian missionary (1632-1672)

Willem Verstegen

Dutch trader and explorer

Abraham Blauvelt

Dutch pirate, explorer

David Pietersz. de Vries

Balthasar de Moucheron

Jan Jansz. Weltevree