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Amsterdam in 1580
He was born on November,21st,1643, in Rouen France
The Renaissance began in Italy in the 14h Century AD.
Willem Jansz / Janszoon was Dutch, menaing he was born in Holland, around 1570. His actual place of birth is not known, although it is assumed he was born in Amsterdam.
Unfortunately, almost nothing is known of Dias' early life. His supposed descent from one of Prince Henry the Navigator's pilots is of yet unproved, and his rank is given by different historians as the comparatively modest one of squire of the royal household, or as a Knight/Cavalier. His date of birth is unknown, and the year given as 1450. His place of birth is also unknown, all we know is that it was somewhere in Portugal.