In the history of exploration, Jacob Le Maire is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Jacob Le Maire as Dutch mariner and explorer (c.1585–1616).
Jacob Le Maire was born at Antwerp in 1585. His recorded nationality is Dutch Republic.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Jacob Le Maire died in 1616, aged 31. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer
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