What is Joris van Spilbergen?
[[File:SpilbergenVimala.jpg|thumb|300px|Spilbergen meeting king Vimaladharmasuriya in 1602.]] '''Joris van Spilbergen''' (1568 – 1620) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] naval officer in the 17th century. His first big [[exploration]] [[Voyage|journey]] was in 1596, when he sailed to [[Africa]]. He then left for [[Asia]] on 5 May 1601, commanding the company of the [[Moucheron]] (a trading company before the establishment of the [[Dutch East India Company]]). His ships were the ''Ram'', ''Schaap'' and ''Lam''. Spilbergen met the king of Kandy (Sri Lanka) [[Vimala Dharma Suriya]] in 1602, and talked about the trading of [[cinnamon]]. In 1607, Spilbergen traveled on ''Aeolus''. He was with [[Jacob van Heemskerk]] at the [[Battle of Gibraltar]]. In 1614, he sailed beyond the [[Strait of Magellan]] and invaded the Spanish settlements on the coast of [[California]]. From 1578, El Quisco together with the neighbor Algarrobo and El Canelo were a hiding place of pirates such as the Englishmen [[Francis Drake]], [[Thomas Cavendish]], [[Richard Hawkins]] and the Dutchmen [[Olivier van Noort]] and Joris van Spilbergen. He had some fights with [[Sebastián Vizcaíno]] and [[Nicolás de Cardona]]. He returned to [[Holland]] in 1617. He died, poor, in Bergen op Zoom in 1620. == References == * http://www.yatedo.com/p/Joris+van+Spilbergen/famous/4a3255b23c77a5b8413e614735c0bcf7{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * http://www.thefullwiki.org/Joris_van_Spilbergen{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spilbergen, Joris Van}} [[Category:1568 births]] [[Category:1620 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch explorers]] {{bio-stub}}