Willem Schouten
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Willem Schouten was a Dutch explorer and navigator of the early 17th century, noted for pioneering a new route to the Pacific Ocean around the southern tip of South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Willem Schouten canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7009419 — 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: Willem Schouten Context triple: [Cape Horn, discoveredBy, Willem Schouten]
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A.
Jan Carstenszoon
Jan Carstenszoon was a 17th-century Dutch explorer and navigator for the Dutch East India Company, known for being among the first Europeans to report sighting the snow-capped mountains of New Guinea.
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B.
Cornelis de Houtman
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Lange Linschoten
Lange Linschoten is a small river in the Dutch province of Utrecht that flows through the historic town of Oudewater and its surrounding countryside.
- 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: Willem Schouten Target entity description: Willem Schouten was a Dutch explorer and navigator of the early 17th century, noted for pioneering a new route to the Pacific Ocean around the southern tip of South America.
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A.
Jan Carstenszoon
Jan Carstenszoon was a 17th-century Dutch explorer and navigator for the Dutch East India Company, known for being among the first Europeans to report sighting the snow-capped mountains of New Guinea.
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B.
Cornelis de Houtman
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Lange Linschoten
Lange Linschoten is a small river in the Dutch province of Utrecht that flows through the historic town of Oudewater and its surrounding countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| activity | long-distance oceanic navigation ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Hoorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coExplorerWith | Jacob Le Maire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
geographical names in the Pacific
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place name Cape Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Antongil Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discovered | Cape Horn (for Europeans) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
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South Pacific islands ⓘ southern tip of South America ⓘ |
| familyName | Schouten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Willem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Age of Discovery
NERFINISHED
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Dutch Golden Age of exploration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | voyage of 1615–1617 with Jacob Le Maire ⓘ |
| name | Willem Schouten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first recorded rounding of Cape Horn
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pioneering a new route to the Pacific Ocean around the southern tip of South America ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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navigator ⓘ seafarer ⓘ |
| portOfOrigin | Hoorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routePioneered | route from the Atlantic to the Pacific via Cape Horn ⓘ |
| seaPassageOpened | alternative route to the Strait of Magellan ⓘ |
| shipUsed | Eendracht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Willem Schouten Description of subject: Willem Schouten was a Dutch explorer and navigator of the early 17th century, noted for pioneering a new route to the Pacific Ocean around the southern tip of South America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.