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Born March 13, 1567 • Netherlands
Died April 25, 1607 (aged 40) • Spain
Role In Battle of Gibraltar • Eighty Years’ War
Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
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Piet Heyn
Dutch admiral
Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key. He wears a dark embroidered coat, a white ruff collar, and a black cap, with a trimmed beard and mustache.
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
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Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, count of Nassau
prince of Orange
Cornelis Tromp, detail of an oil painting by Sir Peter Lely and Willem van de Velde; in the Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam
Cornelis Tromp
Dutch admiral
Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel de Ruyter
Dutch admiral
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William Louis
stadholder of Friesland
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a lace ruff collar, mustache, and short curly hair, painted in oil on panel. The background includes his name in gold lettering.
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral
Large bronze statue of Zheng He standing on stylized waves, with a stone backdrop featuring Chinese characters and a large gold medallion, in Kunming, Yunnan, China. Several people stand at the base.
Zheng He
Chinese admiral and diplomat
Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin
English explorer
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Francis Garnier
French naval officer
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Jean Ribaut
French naval officer
Charles Wilkes, photograph by Mathew B. Brady
Charles Wilkes
American explorer and naval officer
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Otto von Kotzebue
Russian explorer
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Ernest-Marc-Louis Doudart de Lagrée
French explorer and diplomat
Motley
John Lothrop Motley
American diplomat and writer
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Juan Díaz de Solís
Spanish explorer
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Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer

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