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  1. 4 days ago · In 1616, Dutch travelers, including Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, discovered Cape Horn and recognized the southern end of Tierra del Fuego.

  2. 3 days ago · In 1599, according to the account of Jacob Le Maire, the Dutch Dirck Gerritsz Pomp observed mountainous land at latitude (64°). If so, these were the South Shetland Islands, and possibly the first European sighting of Antarctica (or offshore-lying islands belonging to it).

  3. 2 days ago · When Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire discovered the southern extremity of Tierra del Fuego and named it Cape Horn in 1615, they proved that the Tierra del Fuego archipelago was of small extent and not connected to the southern land, as previously thought.

  4. 1 day ago · Still, Le Maire said he is continuing to prepare the 2025 budget for his successor to present at the start of October. He said the fiscal plans will be in line with his pledges to bring down France’s budget deficit that swelled last year. “I’m defending the option of a fast repair of public finances,” Le Maire said.

  5. Jul 1, 2024 · The earliest written record of Polynesian languages come from two word lists made in Futuna and Tafahi/Niuatoputapu recorded by Jacob Le Maire on his voyage into the Pacific 400 years ago. In 1616, Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten led a Dutch expedition on board the d'Eendracht across the Pacific.

  6. Jun 29, 2024 · The first Europeans to travel to Tonga were Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire on the vessel Eendracht which arrived in 1616. Later, Abel Tasman arrived in 1643 and actually traded with the islanders. British captain James Cook also traveled to Tonga three different times from 1773 to 1777.

  7. Jul 19, 2024 · Ils ont changé de sexe et le regrettent : le grand tabou de la «détransition» de genre Par Etienne Jacob Publié le 19/07/2024 à 17:08 , Mis à jour le 20/07/2024 à 11:26