Cornelis de Houtman
(1565-1599)
Dutch explorer
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Cornelis de Houtman (2 April 1565 – 1 September 1599) was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies. Although the voyage was difficult and yielded only a modest profit, Houtman showed that the Portuguese monopoly on the spice trade was vulnerable. A flurry of Dutch trading voyages followed, eventually leading to the displacement of the Portuguese and the establishment of a Dutch monopoly on spice trading in the East Indies.
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2 April 1565 Gouda, Seventeen Provinces
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1599 (aged 33) Sultanate of Aceh, East Indies
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