Johan Nieuhof, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Dutch explorer, writer, sinologist
Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1618
Place of Birth: Uelsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Date of Death: 08-Oct-1672
Profession: anthropologist, explorer, linguist
Nationality: Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Johan Nieuhof
- Johan Nieuhof (22 July 1618 in Uelsen – 8 October 1672 in Madagascar) 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 km 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 containing the written account of this journey.
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