Dirck Gerritsz Pomp
Dutch sailor
Dirck Gerritszoon Pomp, alias Dirck China, was a Dutch sailor of the 16th–17th century, and the first known Dutchman to visit China and Japan.
Pomp was born in Enkhuizen in the Burgundian Netherlands. Wikipedia
Born: 1544, Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Died: 1608 (age 64 years)