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Olivier van Noort (1558 – 22 February 1627) was a Dutch merchant captain and the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. Olivier van Noort was born in 1558 in Utrecht. He left Rotterdam on 2 July 1598 with four ships to find an alternative trade route to China and the Spice Islands during the Dutch Eighty Years' War with Spain and Portugal.
In 1601 Olivier van Noort became the first Dutchman to completely circumnavigate the world. He did so as the fourth European to complete this journey, after Ferdinand Magellan, Cavendish and Francis Drake.
Olivier van Noort ( Utrecht, ca. 1558 – Schoonhoven, 22 februari 1627) was een Nederlandse ontdekkingsreiziger, die als eerste Nederlander rond de wereld voer. De reis van Olivier van Noort werd ondernomen in het vroege begin van de Hollandse zeereizen naar Indië.
Feb 6, 2016 · Oliver van Noort was the first Hollander to sail around the world. Incidentally, he was the fourth navigator to succeed in this dangerous enterprise since, in the year 1520, the little ships of Ferdinand Magellan had accomplished the feat of circumnavigating the globe.
Learn about Oliver van Noort, the first Hollander to sail around the world in 1597. Find out his background, his motives, his challenges, and his fate in this historical account.
The innkeeper Olivier van Noort (1558/59-1627), who hailed from Utrecht and lived in Rotterdam, was appointed admiral of the 'Mauritius'. The 'Hendrick Frederick' was put under the command of Vice-Admiral Jacob Claesz van Ilpendam; the yacht de Hoop sailed under Jacob Jansz Huydecooper; and the yacht de Eendracht was under Pieter Esaiasz de Lint.
Olivier van Noort was a Dutch merchant captain and pirate and the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world.
