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About Johan Nieuhof
Johan Nieuhof was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) from Canton to Peking in 1655–1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China. He wrote An Embassy from the East-India Company about the journey.
Everything about Johan Nieuhof →- Occupation
- explorer, anthropologist, linguist, world traveler
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic
- Born
- July 22, 1618
- Died
- October 8, 1672