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Joannes de Laet

Dutch geographer

  • Fame47.2
  • Momentum2.3
  • Wikipedia801
Source-basedStable
Lived 1581–1649, aged 68Netherlands
NetherlandsNetherlandsWritersWriter / Author
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    12 languages
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  • Era
    1581–1649
    Aged 68
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Updated 2026-07-21

Joannes or Johannes De Laet was a Dutch geographer and director of the Dutch West India Company. Philip Burden called his History of the New World, "...arguably the finest description of the Americas published in the seventeenth century" and "...one of the foundation maps of Canada". De Laet was the first to print maps with the names Manhattan, New Amsterdam and Massachusetts.

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47.2
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Momentum2.3
Historical10.8
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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