Frederick de Houtman
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Frederick de Houtman was a late 16th- and early 17th-century Dutch navigator and explorer known for his voyages to the East Indies and contributions to early Dutch exploration of Australia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederick de Houtman canonical | 2 |
| De Houtman | 1 |
| Frederik de Houtman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11413849 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick de Houtman Context triple: [Houtman Abrolhos Islands, discoveredBy, Frederick de Houtman]
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Cornelis de Houtman
Cornelis de Houtman was a Dutch explorer and navigator credited with leading the first Dutch voyage to Indonesia, which opened the sea route for the Dutch East India trade in the late 16th century.
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Jan Carstenszoon
Jan Carstenszoon was a 17th-century Dutch explorer and navigator for the Dutch East India Company, known for being among the first Europeans to report sighting the snow-capped mountains of New Guinea.
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Willem Schouten
Willem Schouten was a Dutch explorer and navigator of the early 17th century, noted for pioneering a new route to the Pacific Ocean around the southern tip of South America.
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D.
Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten
Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten was the wife of Dutch Golden Age painter Egbert van der Poel and a member of a 17th-century Delft artistic milieu.
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Lange Linschoten
Lange Linschoten is a small river in the Dutch province of Utrecht that flows through the historic town of Oudewater and its surrounding countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick de Houtman Target entity description: Frederick de Houtman was a late 16th- and early 17th-century Dutch navigator and explorer known for his voyages to the East Indies and contributions to early Dutch exploration of Australia.
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A.
Cornelis de Houtman
Cornelis de Houtman was a Dutch explorer and navigator credited with leading the first Dutch voyage to Indonesia, which opened the sea route for the Dutch East India trade in the late 16th century.
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B.
Jan Carstenszoon
Jan Carstenszoon was a 17th-century Dutch explorer and navigator for the Dutch East India Company, known for being among the first Europeans to report sighting the snow-capped mountains of New Guinea.
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C.
Willem Schouten
Willem Schouten was a Dutch explorer and navigator of the early 17th century, noted for pioneering a new route to the Pacific Ocean around the southern tip of South America.
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D.
Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten
Aeltgen Willems van Linschoten was the wife of Dutch Golden Age painter Egbert van der Poel and a member of a 17th-century Delft artistic milieu.
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E.
Lange Linschoten
Lange Linschoten is a small river in the Dutch province of Utrecht that flows through the historic town of Oudewater and its surrounding countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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astronomer ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch exploration of Australia
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Dutch exploration of the Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
early European knowledge of Australia
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mapping of the southern sky ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1571 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1627 ⓘ |
| employer | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Discovery
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linked to:
Age of Exploration
Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch people ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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exploration ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
astronomical observations of the southern sky
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early Dutch exploration of Australia ⓘ voyages to the East Indies ⓘ work on southern constellations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Dutch ⓘ |
| madeObservationOf | southern hemisphere constellations ⓘ |
| name | Frederick de Houtman ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableWork | catalogue of southern stars ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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explorer ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| participatedIn | first Dutch expedition to the East Indies ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Dutch Republic
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East Indies ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
County of Holland
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Gouda ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Gouda ⓘ |
| sibling | Cornelis de Houtman ⓘ |
| voyagedTo |
East Indies
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coasts of Australia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederick de Houtman Description of subject: Frederick de Houtman was a late 16th- and early 17th-century Dutch navigator and explorer known for his voyages to the East Indies and contributions to early Dutch exploration of Australia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Frederick de Houtman
linked to: Frederick de Houtman