Jacob Le Maire
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Jacob Le Maire was a Dutch explorer of the early 17th century known for his pioneering voyage that opened a new route to the Pacific Ocean around South America.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jacob Le Maire canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7009420 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Le Maire Context triple: [Cape Horn, discoveredBy, Jacob Le Maire]
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A.
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the voyages that led to the European discovery of the remote sub-Antarctic archipelago now called the Kerguelen Islands.
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Jacques de Wissant
Jacques de Wissant is one of the historical leaders of Calais whose anguished figure is immortalized as a central character in Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture group "The Burghers of Calais."
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the expedition that first charted the remote subantarctic Bouvet Island.
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D.
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman was a 17th-century Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for being the first European to reach Tasmania and New Zealand.
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French admiral, explorer, and navigator best known for leading the first French circumnavigation of the globe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Le Maire Target entity description: Jacob Le Maire was a Dutch explorer of the early 17th century known for his pioneering voyage that opened a new route to the Pacific Ocean around South America.
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A.
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the voyages that led to the European discovery of the remote sub-Antarctic archipelago now called the Kerguelen Islands.
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B.
Jacques de Wissant
Jacques de Wissant is one of the historical leaders of Calais whose anguished figure is immortalized as a central character in Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture group "The Burghers of Calais."
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier was an 18th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading the expedition that first charted the remote subantarctic Bouvet Island.
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D.
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman was a 17th-century Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for being the first European to reach Tasmania and New Zealand.
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E.
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French admiral, explorer, and navigator best known for leading the first French circumnavigation of the globe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
17th-century explorer
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Dutch person ⓘ explorer ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Batavia ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| coExplorer | Willem Schouten ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1585 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | December 1616 ⓘ |
| deathDuring | return voyage from the Pacific to Batavia ⓘ |
| discovered | Le Maire Strait ⓘ |
| discoveredWith | Willem Schouten ⓘ |
| employer |
Australische Compagnie
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch West India Company
|
| endTimeOfExpedition | 1617 ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Exploration
|
| ethnicOrigin | Flemish-Dutch ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
New Guinea region
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linked to:
New Guinea
Pacific Ocean ⓘ southern tip of South America ⓘ |
| father | Isaac Le Maire ⓘ |
| hasNamesake |
Le Maire Channel
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Le Maire Seamount ⓘ Le Maire Strait ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovering Cape Horn
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pioneering a new route to the Pacific Ocean around South America ⓘ voyage with Willem Schouten ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| legalConflictWith | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| name | Jacob Le Maire ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableVoyage | 1615–1617 circumnavigation via Cape Horn ⓘ |
| notableWork | circumnavigation via Cape Horn ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
ⓘ
navigator ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOfExpedition | Isaac Le Maire's Australische Compagnie ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Antwerp ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | at sea near Batavia ⓘ |
| reasonForConflict | breach of VOC monopoly on routes to the East Indies ⓘ |
| routeDiscovered |
Le Maire Strait
ⓘ
route around Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| ship | Eendracht ⓘ |
| shipOwner |
Australische Compagnie
ⓘ
linked to:
Isaac Le Maire's Australische Compagnie
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| startTimeOfExpedition | 1615 ⓘ |
| voyageObjective | find a new route to the Pacific avoiding the Strait of Magellan ⓘ |
| voyageType | circumnavigation of the globe ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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