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Willem Bontekoe
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | June 2,1587 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Hoorn |
Netherlands | |
Died | Hoorn |
Netherlands | |
1657 | |
Hoorn | |
Netherlands | |
Books | Memorable description of the East Indian voyage, 1618-25 |
Job | Writer |
Explorer | |
Full name | Willem Ysbrandtszoon Bontekoe |
Spouse | Eeltje Bruijnes |
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ID | 1816959 |
Willem Bontekoe Life story
Willem Ysbrandtszoon Bontekoe was a skipper in the Dutch East India Company, who made only one voyage for the company. He became widely known because of the journal of his adventures that was published in 1646 under the title Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinge van de Oost-Indische reyse van Willem Ysbrantsz.