Maarten Gerritsz Vries, Dutch explorer (died 1646)

Maarten Gerritszoon Vries

Dutch explorer and cartographer (1589–1647)

Maarten Gerritszoon Vries or Fries, also referred to as de Vries, was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer and explorer, the first Western Europe to leave an account of his visit to Ezo, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.