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Willem Schouten & Jacob Le Maire — Cape Horn passage and circumnavigation (1615–1617)

Willem Schouten & Jacob Le Maire — Cape Horn passage and circumnavigation (1615–1617)

  1. VOC monopoly pressures spur rival Dutch plans

    Labels: Isaac Le, Dutch East

  2. Australische Compagnie launches two-ship expedition

    Labels: Australische Compagnie, Eendracht

  3. Expedition overwinters at Puerto Deseado

    Labels: Puerto Deseado, Patagonia

  5. Le Maire Strait is charted as new passage

    Labels: Le Maire, Isla de

  6. Cape Horn is rounded, opening the Drake Passage route

    Labels: Cape Horn, Willem Schouten

  7. Pacific crossing follows, with new island encounters

    Labels: Hoorn Islands, Pacific crossing

  8. Schouten charts parts of New Guinea’s north coast

    Labels: New Guinea, Willem Schouten

  9. Eendracht reaches Ternate in the Moluccas

    Labels: Ternate, Moluccas

  10. VOC authorities seize Eendracht and detain leaders

    Labels: VOC authorities, Batavia

  11. Jacob Le Maire dies on the return voyage

    Labels: Jacob Le

  12. Schouten returns to the Netherlands, voyage complete

    Labels: Willem Schouten, circumnavigation

  13. Schouten’s journal is published and widely circulated

    Labels: Schouten s, Amsterdam

  14. Le Maire’s account appears, consolidating the voyage’s legacy

    Labels: Le Maire, Spieghel der