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Jacob Le Maire
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1585, Antwerp or Amsterdam
- Died
- 22 December 1616
- Occupation
- mariner
- Known for
- circumnavigation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic
- Place of birth
- Antwerp
- Place of death
- Indian Ocean
- Father
- Isaac Le Maire
- Sibling
- Maximiliaan le Maire
- Occupation
- explorer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Image
- Jacob Le Maire from Antonio de Herrera India Occidentales.png
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- Jacob le Maire
- date of death
- 1616-12-31
- date of birth
- 1585-01-01
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- name in native language
- Jacob Le Maire
- P13311
- Ottenbach
- Commons Creator page
- Jacob Le Maire
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
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Encyclopedic overview
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:
“ ... 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.”.
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