Cornelis de Houtman
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Cornelis de Houtman was a Dutch explorer and navigator credited with leading the first Dutch voyage to Indonesia, which opened the sea route for the Dutch East India trade in the late 16th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cornelis de Houtman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4591209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelis de Houtman Context triple: [Cornelis, hasNotableBearer, Cornelis de Houtman]
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Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten
Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten was the wife of Dutch Golden Age painter Egbert van der Poel and a member of a 17th-century Delft artistic milieu.
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B.
Willem Barentsz
Willem Barentsz was a Dutch navigator and explorer best known for his late 16th-century Arctic voyages in search of a Northeast Passage, during which he extensively charted regions around Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen.
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C.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator and merchant best known for founding Batavia (modern Jakarta) and ruthlessly consolidating Dutch power in the East Indies for the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
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D.
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer was a pioneering Dutch navigator and cartographer best known for his influential late 16th-century sea atlases that greatly advanced European maritime navigation.
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E.
Adriaan Metius
Adriaan Metius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work on geometry, surveying, and approximations of π.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelis de Houtman Target entity description: Cornelis de Houtman was a Dutch explorer and navigator credited with leading the first Dutch voyage to Indonesia, which opened the sea route for the Dutch East India trade in the late 16th century.
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A.
Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten
Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten was the wife of Dutch Golden Age painter Egbert van der Poel and a member of a 17th-century Delft artistic milieu.
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B.
Willem Barentsz
Willem Barentsz was a Dutch navigator and explorer best known for his late 16th-century Arctic voyages in search of a Northeast Passage, during which he extensively charted regions around Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen.
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C.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator and merchant best known for founding Batavia (modern Jakarta) and ruthlessly consolidating Dutch power in the East Indies for the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
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D.
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer was a pioneering Dutch navigator and cartographer best known for his influential late 16th-century sea atlases that greatly advanced European maritime navigation.
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E.
Adriaan Metius
Adriaan Metius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work on geometry, surveying, and approximations of π.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bantam
NERFINISHED
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Dutch East India trade ⓘ Dutch maritime exploration ⓘ Indonesian archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese–Dutch rivalry in Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Dutch explorers
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Explorers of Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ People of the Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | pioneering Dutch sea route to Indonesia ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| era |
16th century
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Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form:
Age of Discovery
|
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| expedition |
first Dutch voyage to Indonesia
ⓘ
first Dutch voyage to the East Indies ⓘ |
| familyName | De Houtman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
navigation
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oceanic exploration ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped establish Dutch presence in Indonesia
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initiated direct Dutch access to the spice trade in the East Indies ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dutch colonial expansion in Asia
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development of Dutch East India Company trade routes ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Dutch ⓘ |
| maritimeRouteOpened | sea route from Europe to Indonesia for the Dutch ⓘ |
| name | Cornelis de Houtman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| navigated | Cape of Good Hope route to Asia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Dutch exploration of the East Indies
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leading the first Dutch voyage to Indonesia ⓘ opening the sea route for Dutch East India trade ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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navigator ⓘ |
| participantIn |
competition with Portuguese spice trade
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early Dutch–Indonesian trade contacts ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Dutch Republic
NERFINISHED
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Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInExpedition |
commander of the first Dutch voyage to Indonesia
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navigator on the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies ⓘ |
| transportUsed | sailing ships ⓘ |
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