Willem Corneliszoon Schouten
c. 1567-1625
Dutch mariner who discovered the Drake Passage around the southern tip of South America. Schouten and Jakob Le Maire (1585-1616) sailed in two vessels from Ho...
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Willem Corneliszoon Schouten
Born c. 1567, Hoorn, the Netherlands Died 1625
Since the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, Portugal had controlled European commerce in the Far East, including the rich spice t...
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William Cornelius Schouten (ca. 1580-1625) was a Dutch explorer and navigator. In 1616 he discovered a new route to the Pacific via Cape Horn.The exact birth date of William Schouten is unknown, but t...
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Willem Corneliszoon Schouten
Willem Corneliszoon Schouten
William Cornelius Schouten