Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen (also Tymen; Thymen; Hinloopen, 1572 – 1637), was one of the leaders of the Dutch merchant and whaling

Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...

 company of Noordsche Compagnie

Noordsche Compagnie

The Noordsche or Groenlandse Compagnie was a cartel for whaling, founded by several cities in the Netherlands...

 since 1617 and participant in the New Netherland Company, interested in fur

Fur

Fur is a synonym for hair, used more in reference to non-human animals, usually mammals; particularly those with extensives body hair coverage. The term is sometimes used to refer to the body hair of an animal as a complete coat, also known as the "pelage". Fur is also used to refer to animal...

s. Thijmen was a prominent trader in corn from the Baltic

Baltic Sea

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 carrying on trade to Genoa

Genoa

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 and Portugal

Portugal

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He was the namesake of Cape Henlopen

Cape Henlopen

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, Delawere and Hinlopen Strait

Hinlopen Strait

Hinlopen Strait is the strait between Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet in Svalbard. It is 150 km long and 10–60 km broad. The strait is difficult to pass because of pack ice...

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Family

The Hinlopen family is said to have originated from Brabant

Duchy of Brabant

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. After moving to Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, several of the Hinlopen's became wealthy during the Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

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Thijmen married Anna Verlaer. Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen

Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen

Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen was a rich Dutch cloth merchant, an officer in the civic guard, a real estate developer in the Jordaan, alderman in the city council and a keen art collector. He would have been elected as a burgomaster, if he had not died at the age of forty, an age considered acceptable...

was his nephew.