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3 unusual facts about Pieter Schouten


Pieter Schouten

An account of his three-year voyage was published at Layden in 1644 by Johannes de Laet, a writer and director of the Dutch West Indies Company, which were included with those of Mathijs Hendriksz and Piet Heyn.

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Among the cargo brought back on the Spanish prize included 1,600 chests of sugar, 3,000 animal skins, large amounts of sarsaparilla, balm oil and several chests of silver.

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He also briefly visited the Little Caymans to hunt turtles, becoming one of the earliest Europeans to land on the islands.



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