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Gerrit van Wuysthoff

17th century · 17th century

Gerrit van Wuysthoff was a merchant of the Dutch East India Company who led a trading mission up the Mekong from Cambodia to Vientiane, the capital of Lan Xang, in 1641 and 1642. His journal is one of the first European accounts of Laos, describing the court of King Sourigna Vongsa, its Buddhist temples and the trade in benzoin, lac and gold.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gerrit van Wuysthoff. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gerrit-van-wuysthoff
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