Arnoldus Montanus was a Dutch teacher and author. He published books on theology, history, and geography of both Holland and far-away countries.

Montanus, a Latinized form of van den Berg or van Bergen, studied theology at Leiden University

Leiden University

Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...

. He became a minister in Schellingwoude

Schellingwoude

Schellingwoude is a former village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It was located in the municipality of Amsterdam, on the northern border of the IJ. It is now a neighbourhood of the city of Amsterdam....

 in 1653 and in Schoonhoven in 1667, where he also became headmaster of the Latin School.

His most famous book is De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld

De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld

De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld or The New and Unknown World is a book by Arnoldus Montanus , a Dutch teacher and author.-Dutch:...

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• The New and Unknown World: or Description of America and the Southland, Containing the Origin of the Americans and South-landers, remarkable voyages thither, Quality of the Shores, Islands, Cities, Fortresses, Towns, Temples, Mountains, Sources, Rivers, Houses, the nature of Beasts, Trees, Plants and foreign Crops, Religion and Manners, Miraculous Occurrences, Old and New Wars: Adorned with Illustrations drawn from the life in America, and described by Arnoldus Montanus.