# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolaes-witsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:51:37.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolaes-witsen"
name: "Nicolaes Witsen"
slug: "nicolaes-witsen"
description: "Nicolaes Witsen was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1689, he was extraordinary-ambassador to the English court and became Fellow of the Royal Society. In his free time, he was a cartographer, maritime writer, and an authority on shipbuilding. His books on the subject are important sources on Dutch shipbuilding in the 17th century. Furthermore, he was an expert on Russian affairs. He was the first to describe Siberia, the Far East and Central Asia in his study Noord en Oost Tartarye [North and East Tartary]."
tagline: "Mayor of Amsterdam (1641-1717)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolaes_witsen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1641-05-08"
deathDate: "1717-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7984790874524715
  historical:           15.11015466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump