joan (Johan) Nieuhof (22 July 1618 Uelsen,Holland – 8 October 1672 in Madagascar). A Dutch voyager,explorer and author who wrote about his journeys to Brazil,China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657,which brought some of the first accurate views of China back to a Western Audience. He wrote 'An embassy from the East-India Company' containing the written account of this journey | |
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