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18:
1111:1717 deaths
1106:1641 births
939:Hutton 2001
665:See also:
656:N. Witsen,
649:N. Witsen,
642:N. Witsen,
631:N. Witsen,
530:Jan de Bray
451:Golden Bend
447:Herengracht
423:William III
351:Caspian Sea
339:Nova Zembla
317:Cartography
255:frame-first
249:shell-first
149:burgomaster
1100:Categories
1078:(in Dutch)
984:(4): 324.
735:References
671:Itinerario
593:ecumenical
538:Persepolis
465:. In 1698
463:microscope
252:, and not
131:Early life
87:Occupation
49:8 May 1641
1073:Biography
612:Amsterdam
601:shamanism
597:Confucius
570:fire hose
490:Boerhaave
403:Mongolian
373:, Tibet,
308:anatomist
240:anatomist
137:Amsterdam
90:Statesman
82:, England
941:. p. 32.
862:Archived
713:See also
576:jr. and
411:Sahkalin
389:and 700
387:Georgian
371:Mongolia
367:Caucasus
349:via the
304:botanist
181:Novgorod
1055:knaw.nl
794:8591273
620:Moscovy
586:Surinam
486:Batavia
455:Leibniz
449:on the
439:baronet
395:Tibetan
335:Siberia
327:Tartary
325:Map of
268:Harwich
792:
782:
646:(1671)
399:Manchu
391:Kalmyk
363:Crimea
361:area,
347:Persia
224:Oxford
165:comets
147:, was
1038:6 May
1033:(PDF)
1014:6 May
1009:(PDF)
957:6 May
817:6 May
775:times
626:Works
526:Codex
484:from
383:Japan
379:Korea
375:China
359:Volga
343:China
284:ukase
244:Steno
242:like
204:icons
101:Dutch
1040:2024
1016:2024
959:2024
877:251.
819:2024
790:OCLC
780:ISBN
706:Lias
699:Lias
692:Lias
433:and
401:and
306:and
288:talc
189:czar
177:Riga
60:Died
46:Born
986:doi
522:his
196:tar
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