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Dirck Gerritsz Pomp
Dutch explorer · Netherlands · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 1544 to 1608 · aged 64
Dirck Gerritszoon Pomp, alias Dirck China, was a Dutch sailor of the 16th-17th century, and the first known Dutchman to visit China and Japan. Pomp was born in Enkhuizen in the Burgundian Netherlands.
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As a youth, he was sent in 1555 to Lisbon to live with relatives who were traders, to learn Portuguese and train as merchant. In 1568 at the age of 22, Pomp established himself as a merchant on the isle of Goa off the coast of India. From there, he visited China and Japan aboard Portuguese trading ships.
