Jacob van Heemskerck is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Jacob van Heemskerck as Dutch explorer.
Jacob van Heemskerck was born at Amsterdam in 1567. 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, seafarer and admiral.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Jacob van Heemskerck died in 1607, aged 40. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, seafarer and admiral
