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Cornelius de Vos
Dutch or Flemish mine entrepreneur and mineral prospector / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 16th-century miner. For the Flemish painter, see Cornelis de Vos.
Cornelius de Vos or de Vois or Devosse (fl. 1565-1585), was a Dutch or Flemish mine entrepreneur and mineral prospector working in England and Scotland. He was said to have been a "picture-maker" or portrait artist. De Vos is known for gold mining in Scotland and founding saltworks at Newhaven near Edinburgh.
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