Olivier van Noort, Dutch merchant captain and explorer

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Portrait of Dutch merchant captain Admiral Olivier van Noort (1558-1627), at the age of 42. Van Noort was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. This portrait shows him With a world map and his ship. English explorers Francis Drake (top left) and Thomas Cavendish (top right), who also circumnavigated the world, are also depicted at top. Print by Crispin van de Passe in Cologne, Germany, 1601.

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