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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.

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.

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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