Cornelius de Vos or de Vois or Devosse (fl. 1565-1585), was a Dutch or Flemish mine entrepreneur and mineral prospector working in England and Scotland...

net worth of $5.1 billion. DeVos was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Ethel Ruth (Dekker) and Simon Cornelius DeVos, Dutch Americans who worked...

Dutch miner Cornelius de Vos, a shareholder in the English Company of Mines Royal, came to Scotland in 1566 to prospect for gold. De Vos went to consult...

Cornelis de Vos (1584 - 9 May 1651) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and art dealer. He was one of the leading portrait painters in Antwerp and is best...

is no further evidence for Hilliard's involvement in the venture. Cornelius de Vos is documented as a mineral prospector in Scotland in this period, prospecting...

prospector, Cornelius de Vos obtained a gold mining contract in Scotland with Regent Moray. George Nedham reported that Cornelius de Vos corresponded...

Around the year 1574 Hilliard invested in a gold mine in Scotland with Cornelius de Vos and lost money. In 1599 Hilliard secured an annual allowance from the...

approached at Keswick by a Dutch prospector Cornelius de Vos who brought a sample of gold ore from Scotland. Cornelius was a shareholder in the Company of Mines...

and then was not resumed until around 1695. One of the German miners Cornelius de Vos left to set up gold mines in Scotland. In July 1594 Emanuel Hochstetter...

which was used to make the Scottish Crown. Early gold miners included Cornelius de Vos, George Bowes, and Bevis Bulmer. Wanlockhead became known as "God's...