Jacob Le Maire
Author
1585 – 1616
Who was Jacob Le Maire?
Jacob Le Maire 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 honor, 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 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.”.
Eendracht then rounded Cape Horn, proving that Tierra del Fuego was not a continent.
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- Born
- 1585
Antwerp - Also known as
- Jacques Lemaire
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Lived in
- Amsterdam
- Died
- Dec 22, 1616
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on July 23, 2013
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