Adm. Hendrick Corneliszoon Lonck (or Loncque and Loncq) (born 1568, Roosendaal – 10 October 1634, Amsterdam), a Dutch naval hero, was the first Dutch sea captain to reach the New World.[1]
^Hart, Simon (1959). Prehistory of the New Netherland Company. Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Amsterdam. Amsterdam: City of Amsterdam Press. p. 13. OCLC1260218.