1585 - 1616
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| First Name |
Jacob
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| Middle Name |
Le
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| Last Name |
Maire
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1584
|
| Died |
1616
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| Nationality |
Dutch
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| Occupation Text |
mariner
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| Occupation |
Explorer
|
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 took Eendracht captain Willem Schouten's side by proclaiming:
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