Maarten Hamckema ( in
Follega – 1620), sometimes
anglicized
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as Marten Hamkes and mainly known by his
pen name Martinus Hamconius, was a Frisian writer, poet and historian best known for his
apocryphal history
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books on the
Kingdom of Frisia.
1550s births
1620 deaths
16th-century Dutch writers
Frisian writers
West Frisian-language writers
People from De Fryske Marren
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