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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...
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    Jacob, would go down in history as an explorer. In 1641 his son Maximiliaen became the first VOC chief of Dejima in Japan. Initially, Isaac Le Maire was...
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    Maire (1558–1624), merchant for the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie Jacob Le Maire (1585–1616), Dutch explorer and discoverer of Cape Horn Jacques Gerard...
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    mariners and first rounded in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, who named it Kaap Hoorn after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands...
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    the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego. Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten discovered the strait in 1616, while attempting...
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    of the giants in Puerto Deseado was reported by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire. This claim was possibly initiated by fossil finds. Later writers consider...
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    from Texel in the Netherlands, in an expedition led by Jacob Le Maire and sponsored by Isaac Le Maire and his Australische Compagnie in equal shares with...
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    by Melanesians since about 1500 BC. It was charted by Dutch captains Jacob Le Maire and Willem Corneliszoon Schouten in June 1616 and then named "Gardner...
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    eruption. Tafahi was put on the European maps by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire during their famous circumnavigation of the globe in 1616. They gave...
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  • knowledge of the Niuatoputapu language comes from a word list compiled by Jacob Le Maire in 1616. "Niuatoputapu - Languages facts sheet by Niklas Jonsson", Niklas...
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    the rest referred to, resemble them". Dutch father and son Isaac and Jacob Le Maire established the Australische Compagnie (Australian Company) in 1615...
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  • brother of the explorer and circumnavigator Jacob le Maire (1585-1616). He grew up in Egmond aan den Hoef. Le Maire served for the VOC starting around 1630...
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    time the Tongan people encountered Europeans was in April 1616 when Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten made a short visit to the islands to trade with...
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    islands Staten Land, believing they were part of the Staten Landt that Jacob Le Maire had sighted off the southern end of South America. Hendrik Brouwer proved...
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    south of Tierra del Fuego, just discovered by the Dutch merchants Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten. It was a successful expedition, as all goals were...
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    are spoken to this day. In 1616, Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire became the first Europeans to sight the islands. The main island was...
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    Islas Infortunadas (Unfortunate Islands in Spanish). Dutch explorers Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten arrived at Puka-Puka on April 10, 1616, during their...
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    of New Ireland: Kabai, Malagan and Tubuan. In 1616 the Dutch sailors Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten were the first Europeans to set foot on the island...
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    the Dutch explorers Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten passed the island on 25 December 1615, naming it Staten Landt. Le Maire and Schouten sailed their...
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    engaging in trade. Later, other Dutch explorers arrived, including Jacob Le Maire (who visited the northern island of Niuatoputapu); and Abel Tasman (who...
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    The archipelago was named by the Dutch navigators Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, who, in 1616, became the first Europeans to visit the islands. They...
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    reaching the end. In 1616, Dutch travelers, including Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, discovered Cape Horn and recognized the southern end of Tierra del...
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    Alofi were first mapped by Europeans in 1616 by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire during their circumnavigation of the globe on the ship Eendracht. After...
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  • Holdings, an airline holding company based in Minnesota, United States Jacob Le Maire, a Dutch mariner This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    written after the 1618 publication of the voyage of Willem Schouten and Jacob le Maire around Cape Horn in 1616. Drake pushed onwards in his lone flagship...
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    the blacks" or similar meanings. The Dutch, who arrived later under Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten, called it Schouten island. They later used this...
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    which he thought was a southerly extension of New Guinea. In 1615, Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten's rounding of Cape Horn proved that Tierra del Fuego...
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    Fernandes de Queirós in 1606; Dutch mariners Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire in 1616; Jacob Roggeveen (who also first sighted Easter Island) in 1722; John...
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  • September 1588 Crew of the Eendracht (originally led by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire) 748 14 June 1615 1 July 1617 John Byron and crew 676 2 July 1764 9...
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    The first recorded Europeans to arrive to Manihi were Dutch explorers Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten on their 1615–1616 Pacific journey. They called...
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