Adriaan Reland

Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaen Reeland/Reelant, Hadrianus Relandus) (July 17, 1676, De Rijp, North Holland – February 5, 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.