Frederick de houtman biography examples

Dutch navigator, colonial governor (c.1571–1627)

In this Dutch name, the surname is De Houtman.

Frederick de Houtman (c. 1571 – 21 October 1627) was a Dutch explorer, navigator, and colonial governor who sailed on the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies from 1595 until 1597, during which time he made observations of the southern celestial hemisphere and contributed to the creation of 12 new southern constellations.

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Cornelis de Houtman (2 April – 11 September ) was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies.

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De Houtman had sailed in with the first voyage by Dutch merchants from Amsterdam to Java and Sumatra, which is known in Dutch history as de Eerste.

Career

East Indies

De Houtman was born in Gouda. De Houtman assisted fellow Dutch navigator Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser with astronomical observations during the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies from 1595 until 1597.

In 1598, de Houtman sailed on a second expedition led by his brother, Cornelis de Houtman, who was killed during the voyage. Frederick was imprisoned by the Sultan of Aceh, Alauddin Riayat Syah, in northern Sumatra.

He used his two years of captivity—from September 1599 until August 1601—to study