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	Jacob Le Maire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jacob Le Maire (about 1585 to 1616) was a Dutch mariner, born in Antwerp, who circumnavigated the earth in 1615-16.
		In June 1615 Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten sailed with two vessels, Eendracht and Hoorn, from Texel in the United Provinces, in command of an expedition whose objective was to evade the trade restrictions of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) by finding a new route to the Pacific and the Spice Islands.
		Le Maire and Schouten were arrested and the Eendracht was confiscated in Java.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacob_Le_Maire (325 words)

	Cape Horn
		Le Maire had two reasons to be optimistic that there was passage south of the Strait of Magellan between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
		Le Maire believed there was passage from the Atlantic into the Pacific which would not use the disallowed Strait of Magellan, and he hired a competent navigator, who had already made three trips to the South Seas islands.
		Le Maire, Schouten, and Le Maire's son (Jacob) joined with the city leaders of the town of Hoorn and raised money for two ships, which were outfitted for the passage.
	www.muffley.net /pacific/dutch/maire.htm (780 words)

	Footnote
		Le Maire's son Jacob lead the voyage of discovery with Willem Schouten serving as chief navigator and captain of the Eendracht.
		In the summer of 1617, Isaac Le Maire sued the VOC for the return of his property, including his son's journal, and got a government injunction to keep the results of the expedition secret in the hope that Le Maire Strait might be used exclusively by ships of his own Southern Company.
		The Southern Company soon folded and Le Maire faded into history, but the strait that bears his name became the preferred passage of navigators during the seventeenth century, a route that shortened the voyage from the south Atlantic to the Pacific from weeks to days.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C14/fn/FN1402a.htm (825 words)

	Cape Horn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It marks the north edge of the Drake Passage, the strait between South America and Antarctica.
		In an effort to find an alternative route and hence break the monopoly, the Dutch merchant Jacob le Maire, together with navigator Willem Schouten, set off to investigate Drake's suggestion of a route to the south of Tierra del Fuego.
		Hoorn was accidentally destroyed in Patagonia, but in January, 1616, Eendracht passed through the Le Maire Strait, as it is now known, and sighted a high island to the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_Horn (3606 words)

	Le Maire Strait - Around The World Of Sailing
		It is all here in a format that is distinct and refreshing with news, commentary and a variety of marine information.
		This evening’s poll shows BG SPIRIT holding their lead over 2nd place Spirit of Sark, on the verge of passing through Le Maire Strait.
		The fleet has converged and all the teams appear to have chosen a course through the Strait.
	www.torresen.com /sailing/content_archives/002025.php (470 words)

	Old Antique Maps of South America by Grace Galleries Inc of Harpswell Maine
		The Falkland Islands are indicated off the southern coast with the Straits of Magellan and Terra del Fuego and Cape Horn located at the southernmost tip of the continent.
		A note by the La Maire Strait says “It is recommended that vessels entering the Strait from the northward should wait until one hour after high water to avoid the heavy race and foul tide.” A fine chart #453.
		Chart of the S.E. part of Tierra del Fuego including the Le Maire Strait and Staten Island as surveyed by James Cook in 1769.
	www.gracegalleries.com /SouthAmerica_Listings.htm (4351 words)

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		The strait of Magalhaens, and the east coast of Patagonia, are laid down from the observations made by the late English and French navigators.
		They are rapid in Strait Le Maire and along the south coast of Staten Land, and set like a torrent round Cape St John; where they take a N.W. direction, and continue to run very strong both within and without New Year's Isles.
		But I think I have been able to observe, that in Strait Le Maire the southerly tide or current, be it flood or ebb, begins to act on the days of new and full moon about four o'clock, which remark may be of use to ships who pass the strait.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/4/6/1/14611/14611-8.txt (19295 words)

	Cook Strait
		Cook Strait (often referred to as "The Cook Strait"), the strait between the North Island...
		In the case of Cook Strait, which is a good example to discuss as it is subject to...
		The Cook Strait is the passage of water between the North and...
	ferrycrossing.finoferry.com /cookstrait (922 words)

	Catalogue Loeb-Larocque, cartes géographiques anciennes, ventes aux enchères, expertise, auction, antique maps, ...
		Potgieter who accompanied captain Sebald de Weert to the Straits in 1599/1600, being the first Dutch vessels to sail through the Strait of Magellan.
		After various English voyages, the Dutch appeared in the Strait of Magellan in 1599.
		The five ships of this fleet were the first Dutch vessels to sail through the Strait of Magellan.
	www.loeb-larocque.com /13.html (329 words)

	Magellan Strait
		Magellan, Strait of Magellan, Strait of, channel, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separating the southern tip of the...
		The Strait of Magellan is the.....Arenas and the village of Porvenir.
		The Strait of Magellan at sunset..Before the.....the Pacific and...
	www.car-navigation-tips.com /res5/magstr.html (340 words)

	James Ford Bell Library: Encounters at Sea
		On that account while they were still in the Magellan Strait, they betook themselves to some islands which they named the Penguin Islands, because of the great crowd of these birds which they found there called penguins.
		This passage is taken from an account of Wilhelm Schouten’s 1615-16 journey with Jacob le Maire in search of a new route to the east.
		Though le Maire died on their way home, Schouten returned to Holland in 1617, where the ship and its cargo were impounded by the East India Company.
	bell.lib.umn.edu /encounters/home.html (6552 words)

	Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world, by James Cook (chapter2)
		It lies in the Latitude of 55 degrees 53 minutes South and South-West 26 Leagues from Straits La Mair, and by some on board thought to be Cape Horn; but I was of another Opinion, and with good reason, because we saw land to the Southward of it about 3 or 4 leagues.
		We fell in with this Coast 21 Leagues to the Westward of Straits Le Mair, and ranged the coast from thence to the Strait within 2 or 3 Leagues of the Land, and had soundings all the way from 40 to 20 fathoms, a Gravelly and Sandy Bottom.
		Between Strait Le Maire and Cape Horn we found a Current setting generally pretty strong to the North-East when we were in with the Shore, but when 15 or 20 Leagues off we were not sencible of any.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /c/cook/james/c77j/chapter2.html (11676 words)

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		With the other they discovered the straits that bear the name of Le Maire, and were the first who ever entered the Pacific Ocean, by the way of Cape Horn.
		To this strait he gave the name of Falkland's Sound, in honour of his patron Lord Falkland; and the name has since been extended, through inadvertency, to the two islands it separates.
		The interesting enough discovery of the Strait which bears the name of Le Maire, would have been sufficient to signalize the spirited undertaking of that merchant.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/3/3/8/13381/13381.txt (18253 words)

	The Ocean Cruising Club - Why Cape Horn?
		The eastern entrance to the Magellan Strait was not visible but could be felt by the varying currents setting us to and from the shore, often with choppy waves, so we had to be very cautious.
		When we approached the Le Maire Strait on 29th December in an increasing north-easterly wind Wolfgang was doubtful whether it was the right time to enter the narrow strait.
		Poor Heijo, now the wind blew from the west and she had missed her chance to pass the Le Maire Strait with favourable winds.
	www.oceancruisingclub.org /content/view/645/82 (1749 words)

	The Longest Voyage: Circumnavigation in the Age of Discovery
		The sixth and last of the early around-the-world voyages, by Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten, resulted in the discovery of the Le Maire Strait, making the way to the Indies easier and less treacherous.
		It was, in many ways, a century much like our own -- characterized by the same fierce nationalism and competitiveness, the same bold courage to plunge into unknown territories that marks today's great powers in their race to conquer outer space.
		Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, Noort, Spilbergen, Schouten, Le Maire -- all are here, intensely alive, intensely human, strangely contemporary, captured in these pages within the total context of political climate, social values, and historic change that make theirs one of the most exiting and dramtic epochs in history.
	www.majipoor.com /nonfiction/flongestvoyage.html (491 words)

	Mauritius van Ihering
		He served under Le Maire when that navigator discovered in 1616 the strait that bears his name, and afterward commanded several expeditions to the South American coast.
		The Spanish government was meanwhile greatly disturbed by the discovery of Le Maire, which enabled the dutch to reach the Pacific ocean in a few days.
		Philip III suggested the possibility of erecting fortifications on the banks of the strait, and so closing the passage, and he sent in 1618 an expedition commanded by Alfonso and Estevan Nodal, with orders to make a thorough exploration of the strait.
	www.famousamericans.net /mauritiusvanihering (383 words)

	Le Maire Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Le Maire Strait is a narrow sea passage between Isla de los Estados and the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego.
		Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten discovered the strait in 1616, while attempting to find a navigation link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and shortly before their discovery of Cape Horn; the strait was later named in honour of Le Maire.
		This page was last modified 21:28, 8 August 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Le_Maire_Strait (108 words)

	AR Tourism - Cruise Staten Island, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
		In the morning we shall arrive at Franklin Bay on the west coast of Isla de los Estados heading for Crossley Bay.
		High pointed peaks rise up directly from the sea, with dense forest covering their steep slopes all the way from the summits down to the shore.
		During the night we sail back across the Le Maire Strait and re-enter the Beagle Channel.
	www.artourism.com /argentina_cruise_peninsulavaldes_itinerary.htm (526 words)

	Rio Janeiro to Tahiti Captain James Cook journal of first voyage of discovery in the ship Endeavour
		Probably this in part may be owing to a Small Current setting to the Westward, occasioned by the Westerly Current which comes round Cape Horn and through Strait La Maire, and the indraught of the Streights of Magellan.
		Keept under an easey Sail until daylight, at which time we were abreast of Cape St. Diego, and then put into the Straits, but the Tide soon turned against us and obliged us to haul under the Cape again and wait until 9 a.m.
		On the South-West side of the Cape of good Success (which forms the South-West entrance of Strait Le Mair, and is known by some rocks off it) lies Valentine's Bay, the entrance of which we only saw.
	australiaexplorers.com /jamescook/journal_first_voyage/chapter2.html (11651 words)

	Staten Island Cruises Patagonia Cruise Ushuaia
		We’ll also navigate across Le Maire Strait by night time.
		We will continue in zodiacs up to Port Hoppner, landing in the inner part of the fjord to enjoy a scenery of unmatched beauty, characterized by its jagged and sharp picks that fall abruptly into the sea and by woods that thrive.
		During the night we will cross Le Maire Strait, then sail along the Beagle Channel in the morning up to our final destiny: Ushuaia city.
	www.argentinianexplorer.com /english/cruises-isla-de-los-estados.asp (610 words)

	NEW ZEALAND, NAMING OF - European Names - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		Coming to European names for New Zealand, when Jacob Le Maire in 1616 discovered Le Maire Strait, he and his companions had no idea of the extent of the land on the south side of the strait.
		In 1643 Hendrik Brouwer skirted Le Maire's Staten Land on the south side.
		Any discerning geographer who knew of this might be expected to deduce that Le Maire's Staten Land was not a continent and that Tasman's Staten Landt did not join it.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/N/NewZealandNamingOf/EuropeanNames/en (523 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		Close-up map of the then-recent discovery by Le Maire and Schouten of a passage between Terra del Fuego and Staten Island.
		This allowed an alternate route into the Pacific around Cape Horn (rather than through the Strait of Magellan) and allowed the entrepreneurs to technically evade the Dutch East India's monopoly on trade with the Indies.
		La Maire, however, was nonetheless arrested in Batavia and died en route back to Holland.
	www.cosmography.com /catpages/gottfried-lemaire.htm (79 words)

	ASYMMETRIC CHINESE BOXES
		This is comfortably furnished: upstage, a bow window; upstage left, a door; stage right, a sofa between two cupboards; stage left, a bunk and a bookcase; in the middle of the stage, several chairs alongside a table covered with charts, notebooks, a globe, a telescope, and a lighted oil lamp.
		Her unhappy experiences within this loveless marriage, coupled to the callous rejection by her biological father, Le Franc de Pompignan, laid down the foundations of her well-developed social conscience: and hence for her divers writings championing the disadvantaged, which culminated with her masterpiece: the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen.
		Most unfortunately, the very precepts that she articulated in her Declaration delayed the equalization of women, precisely because they are irrefutable; and, as the saying goes, alas, Â«All truth will not bear tellingÂ».
	www.wissensdrang.com /wis11bre.htm (15994 words)

	Le Maire, Strait, De le Maire, Estrecho - South Seas Companion Place
		Le Maire, Strait, De le Maire, Estrecho - South Seas Companion Place
		The strait of le Maire separates Staten island from the southeastern extremity of the island of Tierra del Fuego.
		It was named after the Dutch merchant Jacob le Maire who voyaged through the strait with William Schouten in 1616.
	southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000386b.htm (68 words)

	LED TOURS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
		The North Patagonia expedition includes sailing through the Straits of Magellan, Cape Froward, Magdalena Sound and the English Passage.
		In the morning, sail through Le Maire Strait to arrive at Petermann Island.
		Sail through the Beagle Channel through fjords and channels to continue to the Strait of Magellan by the Murray Channel en route for Punta Arenas port.
	www.ledtours.com /new/chile/11.php (1767 words)

	Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world, by James Cook
		The provisions they carried were bad at starting, and by the time they had fought their way through the Straits of Magellan were already worse; water was limited, and would not hold out more than a given number of days.
		Passing from the Strait of Magellan, he touched at Juan Fernandez, and steering somewhat south of Wallis’s line, he passed south of Tahiti, discovering Pitcairn’s Island on his way, and some of the islands south of the Paumotus.
		His predecessors had struggled through the Strait of Magellan, losing much time and wearing out their men with the continual anchoring and weighing in that long and narrow passage, rendered necessary by the constant foul and strong winds that prevail.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /c/cook/james/c77j/c77j.html (19139 words)

	Hemispheres Antique Maps & Prints - Individual Map Details
		The map has a long notation to the left and right of the large cartouche titled America that discusses whether in fact the Anian Straits (where Alaska is) and the Davis Straits do join to form a northwest passage.
		This map is from the 4th state (with the date erased).
		The 1st state is the 1608 map, the 2nd state is the addition of Le Maire's Strait made by van den Keere, the 3rd state is the addition of Jansson's name in 1621, and the 4th state has the date of 1621 erased.
	www.betzmaps.com /W-133.html (349 words)

	Voyages and Travels Volume 15
		Range from Christmas Sound, round Cape Horn, through Strait Le Maire, and round Staten Land; with an Account of the Discovery of a Harbour in that Island, and a Description of the Coasts.
		At four o'clock in the morning on the 28th, we began to unmoor, and at eight weighed, and stood out to sea, with a light breeze at N.W., which afterwards freshened, and was attended with rain.
		But on the boat's not returning the same evening, nor the next morning, being under great uneasiness about her, I hoisted out the launch, and sent her with the second lieutenant, Mr Burney, manned with the boat's crew and ten marines, in search of her.
	ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/4/6/1/14611/14611-h/14611-h.htm (19706 words)

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