Joris Carolus [SEP] native language
Joris Carolus
Joris Carolus (c. 1566, Enkhuizen - c. 1636, Amsterdam? ) was a Dutch cartographer and explorer. He served for both the "Noordsche Compagnie" and the "Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie" (Dutch East India Company).
Career.
Carolus apparently was a native of Enkhuizen. After he lost a leg at the Siege of Ostend (1601–04) he turned to the art of navigation and became a pilot ("Stierman"). In 1614 he was pilot of the Enkhuizen ship
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