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. It was Le Maire himself who proposed to the council aboard Eendracht that the new passage should be called by his name and the council unanimously agreed with Le Maire. The author or authors of The Relation[1] took Eendracht captain Willem Schouten's side by proclaiming:
“ ... our men had each of them three cups of wine in signe of ioy for our good hap ... [and the naming of] the Straights of Le Maire, although by good right it should rather have been called Willem Schouten Straight, after our Masters Name, by whose wise conduction and skill in sayling, the same was found.”.[2]
Eendracht then rounded Cape Horn, proving that Tierra del Fuego was not a continent.
^The Relation of a Wonderfull Voiage made by Willem Cornelison Schouten of Horne. Shewing how South from the Straights of Magelan in Terra Delfuego: he found and discovered a newe passage through the great South Seaes, and that way sayled round about the world. London: Imprinted by T.D. for Nathanaell Newbery, 1619 [Facsimile of the first edition in English. London: George Rainbird Limited for The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1966]. “Translation thereof out of the Dutch, wherein it was written” by William Philip
JacobLeMaire (c. 1585 – 22 December 1616) was a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the Earth in 1615 and 1616. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and...
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mariners and first rounded in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire, who named it Kaap Hoorn after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands...
the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego. JacobLeMaire and Willem Schouten discovered the strait in 1616, while attempting...
brother of the explorer and circumnavigator JacobleMaire (1585-1616). He grew up in Egmond aan den Hoef. LeMaire served for the VOC starting around 1630...
from Texel in the Netherlands, in an expedition led by JacobLeMaire and sponsored by Isaac LeMaire and his Australische Compagnie in equal shares with...
by Melanesians since about 1500 BC. It was charted by Dutch captains JacobLeMaire and Willem Corneliszoon Schouten in June 1616 and then named "Gardner...
knowledge of the Niuatoputapu language comes from a word list compiled by JacobLeMaire in 1616. "Niuatoputapu - Languages facts sheet by Niklas Jonsson", Niklas...
the rest referred to, resemble them". Dutch father and son Isaac and JacobLeMaire established the Australische Compagnie (Australian Company) in 1615...
of the giants in Puerto Deseado was reported by Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire. This claim was possibly initiated by fossil finds. Later writers consider...
The archipelago was named by the Dutch navigators Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire, who, in 1616, became the first Europeans to visit the islands. They...
time the Tongan people encountered Europeans was in April 1616 when JacobLeMaire and Willem Schouten made a short visit to the islands to trade with...
the Dutch explorers JacobleMaire and Willem Schouten passed the island on 25 December 1615, naming it Staten Landt. LeMaire and Schouten sailed their...
Europeans to arrive to Ahe Atoll were Dutch mariners Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire in 1616. Ahe was later visited by the United States Exploring Expedition...
are spoken to this day. In 1616, Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire became the first Europeans to sight the islands. The main island was...
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islands Staten Land, believing they were part of the Staten Landt that JacobLeMaire had sighted off the southern end of South America. Hendrik Brouwer proved...
engaging in trade. Later, other Dutch explorers arrived, including JacobLeMaire (who visited the northern island of Niuatoputapu); and Abel Tasman (who...
written after the 1618 publication of the voyage of Willem Schouten and JacobleMaire around Cape Horn in 1616. Drake pushed onwards in his lone flagship...
The first recorded Europeans to arrive to Manihi were Dutch explorers JacobleMaire and Willem Schouten on their 1615–1616 Pacific journey. They called...
group was first encountered by Europeans in 1616 by Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire Cornelisz during their circumnavigation. The islands are part of Tonga...
Fernandes de Queirós in 1606; Dutch mariners Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire in 1616; Jacob Roggeveen (who also first sighted Easter Island) in 1722; John...
the blacks" or similar meanings. The Dutch, who arrived later under JacobLeMaire and Willem Schouten, called it Schouten island. They later used this...
eruption. Tafahi was put on the European maps by Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire during their famous circumnavigation of the globe in 1616. They gave...
stories. Futuna was first put on European maps by Willem Schouten and JacobLeMaire, during their circumnavigation of the globe, in 1616. They named the...
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