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    In 1656, Nicolaes went with his father to England, where he was introduced to Oliver Cromwell's children. In March 1662, Nicolaes Witsen held a disputation...
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  • Witsen is a Dutch surname and may refer to: Members of the Witsen family: Cornelis Jan Witsen Nicolaes Witsen Willem Witsen 10653 Witsen, asteroid This...
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    Nicolaes Tulp (9 October 1593 – 12 September 1674) was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character and...
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    Witsen (also spelled Witzen) is a patrician family of Amsterdam. Its most notable member was the politician and scholar Nicolaes Witsen, but many other...
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    brought to Western Europe twenty years later by the Dutch traveler Nicolaes Witsen, who reported his stay and journeys among the Tungusic- and Samoyedic-speaking...
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    whom Cornelis Jan Witsen and his son Nicolaes Witsen were members. His parents were Jonas Jan Witsen and Jacoba Elisabeth Bonekamp. Witsen studied at academies...
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    collection of Doctor Nicolaes Witsen, mayor of Amsterdam and director of the East Indies society, and that of Mr. Jonas Witsen, secretary of Amsterdam...
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  • Nicolaes is a given name that is spelled Nicolaas in modern Dutch. Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620–1683), Dutch Golden Age painter Nicolaes Boddingius...
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  • (Netherlands, 1587–1652) Nicolaes Visscher I (Netherlands, 1618–1679) Frederik de Wit (Netherlands, 1610/16–1698) Nicolaes Witsen (Netherlands, 1641–1717)...
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  • central figure in 17th-century court case and daughter of Delft's mayor Nicolaes Witsen (1641–1717), Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times...
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