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Joris van Spilbergen (Antwerp, 1568 – Bergen op Zoom, 1620) was a Dutch naval officer. Joris van Spilbergen was born in Antwerp in 1568.〔(Bakker, Michel. "Joris van Spilbergen and the Battle of Arequipa", ''IsGeschiedenis'', June 4, 2013 )〕 His first major expedition was in 1596, when he sailed to Africa. He then left for Asia on 5 May 1601, from Vere, a seaport on the island of Walcheren in Zealand, in command of the fleet of the company of the Moucheron (a trading company before the esablishement of the VOC). His ships were the ''Ram'', ''Schaap'', and ''Lam''.〔(Anthonisz, Richard Gerald. ''The Dutch in Ceylon'', Asian Educational Services, Colombo, 1929 )〕 Spilbergen met the king of Kandy (Sri Lanka) Vimala Dharma Suriya in 1602, and discussed the possibility of trade in cinnamon. In 1607, Spilbergen, onboard ''Aeolus'', was with Jacob van Heemskerk at the Battle of Gibraltar. In 1614, he sailed beyond the Strait of Magellan〔 and raided the Spanish settlements on the coast of Mexico. On October 26, he captured the pearl fishing ship ''San Francisco'' at Zacatula.〔(Myers, Paul A., ''North to California'', Llumina Press, 2004, ISBN 9781595262516 )〕 From 1578, El Quisco together with the neighbor Algarrobo and El Canelo were a hiding place of pirates such as the Englishmen Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, Richard Hawkins and the Dutchmen Olivier van Noort and Joris van Spilbergen. He had some fights with Sebastián Vizcaíno and Nicolás de Cardona. He circumnavigated the earth, and returned to the Dutch Republic in 1617. He died a poor man in Bergen op Zoom in 1620. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joris van Spilbergen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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