United Provinces

This page summarises data in the MarineLives wiki regarding the country of the United Provinces.

This country was also known in the C17th in English by the name of the United Netherlands

The country of United Provinces is located in Europe.

This table aggregates data from all semantic biographies in the MarineLives wiki relating to the country of United Provinces

Full name	Title	Firstname	Lastname	Suffix	Birth year	Death year	Birth place	Res parish	Res town	Res county	Occupation	Training	Citizen	Has literacy
Henderijck Backer		Henderijck	Backer		1591				Enkhuizen		Mariner	Not apprentice	Unknown	Signature
Gerrett Johnson		Gerrett	Johnson		1631				Delfshaven		Mariner	Not apprentice	Unknown	Marke
Baldwin Mathews		Baldwin	Mathews		1620				Middleburg		Merchant	Not apprentice	Unknown	Signature
Melle Mellys		Melle	Mellys		1622				Amsterdam		Mariner	Not apprentice	Unknown	Marke
Jan Polo		Jan	Polo		1605				Flushing		Mariner	Not apprentice	Unknown	Signature
Pedro Vandewÿer		Pedro	Vandewÿer		1627				Dunkirk		Merchant	Not apprentice	Unknown	Signature
Jan le Gal		Jan	le Gal		1617				Flushing		Mariner	Not apprentice	Unknown	Signature

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