 Adriaan Reland

Adriaan Reland (also known as "Adriaen Reeland/Reelant", "Hadrianus Relandus") (17 July 1676, De Rijp, North Holland5 February 1718, Utrecht) was a noted Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist.He is considered to have made a long-lasting and significant contribution to research of the historical geography of early Palestine.