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Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 – 22 December 1616) was a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the Earth in 1615 and 1616. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados was named the Le Maire Strait in his honour, though not without controversy.
In 1615–16 the Dutch navigator Jakob Le Maire traveled from the east through the Tuamotus to Tonga and New Ireland and New Hanover in the Bismarck Archipelago. In 1642 Abel Janszoon Tasman, sailing from Batavia (now Jakarta), the Dutch headquarters in the East Indies, saw New Zealand, Tasmania, Tonga, some…
Jacob (of Jacques) le Maire of Lemaire ( Antwerpen of Amsterdam, circa 1585 – op zee, 31 december 1616) was een Nederlands ontdekkingsreiziger. Zijn vader, Isaac le Maire, later een van de oprichters van de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), vluchtte als protestant in 1581 van Doornik naar Antwerpen en trouwde er in 1585 met Maria Jacobsdr.
To pursue the idea, Le Maire joined with experienced navigator Willem Corneliszoon Schouten to mount their own expedition, raising most of the needed capital from wealthy businessmen of Hoorn, a city in northern Holland. Le Maire’s son Jacques was put in charge; Schouten was given the role of expedition navigator.
Jacob le Maire was a leader of a small expedition that sailed around the world and discovered a new passage south of South America. He died on the way back to the Dutch Republic and his journal was published by Joris van Spilbergen.
Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 – 22 December 1616) was a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the Earth in 1615 and 1616. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados was named the Le Maire Strait in his honour, though not without controversy.
Jan 27, 2016 · Le Maire appointed his son Jacob as leader of the expedition. They sailed from the city of Hoorn, which was an important investor in the adventure, in June 1615.
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