# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-huyghen-van-linschoten
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:25:08.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-huyghen-van-linschoten"
name: "Jan Huyghen van Linschoten"
slug: "jan-huyghen-van-linschoten"
description: "Jan Huygen van Linschoten was a Dutch spy, merchant, traveller and writer."
tagline: "Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian (1563–1611)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JanHuygenVanLinschoten.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1563"
deathDate: "1611-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump