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Olivier van Noort — First Dutch Circumnavigation (1598–1601)

Olivier van Noort — First Dutch Circumnavigation (1598–1601)

  1. Magelhaense Compagnie backs Van Noort’s voyage

    Labels: Magelhaense Compagnie, Rotterdam merchants
  2. Atlantic delays push “actual” departure later

    Labels: Atlantic delays
  3. Hunger and conflict shape the Brazil coast phase

    Labels: Brazil coast, Portuguese resistance
  4. One ship is abandoned; another is renamed Eendracht

    Labels: Hoop, Eendracht
  5. Fleet begins the Strait of Magellan transit

    Labels: Strait of
  6. Mutiny is suppressed; vice-admiral is marooned

    Labels: Jacob Claesz, mutiny
  7. Expedition turns home via Southeast Asia and the Cape

    Labels: Cape of, Southeast Asia
  8. Mauritius returns to Rotterdam, completing circumnavigation

    Labels: Mauritius, Rotterdam return