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Schouten, Willem Cornelis
(Encyclopedia)Schouten, Willem Cornelis vĭlˈəm kôrnāˈlĭs skhouˈtən [key], 1567?–1625, Dutch navigator. In 1615 he sailed from Texel island, Holland, in command of an expedition whose objective was to eva...Hoorn
(Encyclopedia)Hoorn, city, North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, on an inlet of the Markermeer. It is a commercial and processing center for a vegetable-growing...Horn, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Horn, Cape, headland, 1,391 ft (424 m) high, S Chile, southernmost point of South America, in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. It was discovered and first rounded by Willem Schouten, the Dutch nav...Admiralty Islands
(Encyclopedia)Admiralty Islands, group of 40 volcanic islands, c.800 sq mi (2,070 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea. Lorengau, the chief port and administrative center of ...Bismarck Archipelago
(Encyclopedia)Bismarck Archipelago, volcanic island group, 19,200 sq mi (49,730 sq km), SW Pacific, a part of Papua New Guinea. The group includes New Britain (the largest island), New Ireland, the Admiralty Island...De Bruyn, Cornelis
(Encyclopedia)De Bruyn, Cornelis: see Bruyn, Cornelis de. ...Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen
(Encyclopedia)Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen
(Encyclopedia)Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...Bruyn, Cornelis de
(Encyclopedia)Bruyn, Cornelis de broin [key], 1652–c.1726, Dutch portrait painter and traveler. He painted for some years in Italy, where he was known, in Rome, as Adonis. Bruyn is remembered chiefly for the rec...Barents, Willem
(Encyclopedia)Barents, Willem: see Barentz, Willem. ...Browse by Subject
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