Editing List of Dutch people (section)

== Exploration ==
{{Main article|List of Dutch naval heroes}}
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*[[Willem Barentsz]] (c. 1550–1597), several expeditions to [[Arctic]] waters; discovered [[Spitsbergen]]
*[[Abraham Blauvelt]] (1601–1663), Central America
*[[Adriaen Block]] (1567–1627), [[New Netherland]]
*[[Hendrik Brouwer]] (1580–1643), discovered the [[Roaring Forties]]
*[[Olivier Brunel]] (c. 1540–1585), tried to find a passage around Siberia to China
*[[Jan Carstenszoon]] (1600–1700), [[New Guinea]] coast, navigated the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]] in 1623
*[[Robert Jacob Gordon]] (1743–1795), extensively traveled South Africa in the service of the [[Dutch East India Company]]
*[[Dirk Hartog]] (1580–1621), [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of Australia
*[[Jacob van Heemskerk]] (1567–1607), captain of one of Barent's ships on his last fatal expedition
*[[Cornelis de Houtman]] (1565–1599), brother to Frederick, established Dutch trading route to the [[Maluku Islands|Spice Islands]] 
*[[Frederick de Houtman]] (1571–1627), brother to Cornelis, charted several [[constellation]]s in the southern skies, explored coast of Western Australia
*[[Willem Janszoon]] (c. 1570–1630), first European expedition to make landfall on the Australian continent 
*[[Jacob Le Maire]] (c. 1585–1616), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation
*[[Cornelius Jacobsen Mey]], New Jersey (1614–1620)
*[[Olivier van Noort]] (1558–1627), 1598 circumnavigation
*[[Jacob Quaeckernaeck]] (1500–1606), reached Japan via Street of Magellan and Moluccas
*[[Matthijs Quast]] (died 1641), Japan, Bonin Islands, and legendary islands East of Japan
*[[Jan Rijp]] (c. 1570–c. 1613), saved remainder of [[Willem Barentsz]]'s crew in 1597
*[[Jakob Roggeveen]] (1659–1729), First European to reach [[Easter Island]] Easter 1722
*[[Willem Schouten]] (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation
*[[Simon van der Stel]] (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town
*[[Abel Tasman]] (1603–1659), extensive voyages around Australia and southwest Pacific, discovered a.o. [[Tasmania]], New Zealand and [[Tonga]]
*[[François Thijssen]] (died 1638?), charted 1,000 miles of the Australian South Coast in 1627
*[[Alexine Tinne]] (1839–1869), Sahara desert crossing
*[[Willem de Vlamingh]] (1640–c. 1698), Western Australia
*[[Sebald de Weert]] (1567–1603), discovered Falkland Islands
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