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Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten

Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten rather than just read about it. In short: The voyage of Le Maire and Schouten (1615–17) was an exploration expedition of the Pacific Ocean directed by Jacob Le Maire, and with captain Willem Schouten. Funding was provided by the Australian Company, a trading company organized in the Dutch city of Hoorn to compete with the recently founded (1602) Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC).

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Reference excerpt

The voyage of Le Maire and Schouten (1615–17) was an exploration expedition of the Pacific Ocean directed by Jacob Le Maire, and with captain Willem Schouten. Funding was provided by the Australian Company, a trading company organized in the Dutch city of Hoorn to compete with the recently founded (1602) Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC). Le Maire and Schouten, with two ships, the Eendracht and the Hoorn, departed from Texel, in the Netherlands, on June 14, 1615. Their purpose was to find the supposed southern continent, which Pedro Fernández de Quirós had alluded to, and, if they did not find it, to continue on to the Dutch East Indies to trade. Because the VOCs held the Dutch exclusive right to use the route through the Strait of Magellan, Le Maire and Schouten sought a passage further south. They found the Le Maire Strait, between the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and "Staten Landt" (Land of the States, today Isla de los Estados), named after the States General, the parliament of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. On this voyage they lost the Hoorn in a fire and, shortly afterwards (on January 31, 1616), rounded the "Cape of Hoorn" (today Cape Horn), named in memory of the lost ship. They then continued north in search of provisions on the Juan Fernández Islands before crossing the Pacific. Captain Jan Schouten died shortly afterward of scurvy. Following a route similar to Quirós's, they discovered several islands north of the Tuamotu Archipelago and north of Tonga until reaching the Hoorn Islands, named after Schouten's hometown and the headquarters of the company sponsoring the voyage. Upon reaching Batavia (on October 16, 1616), they were arrested for violating the VOC's monopoly, as it was not believed they had found a new route. Their remaining ship was confiscated, and they were sent back to the Netherlands. Le Maire died on the return voyage. Schouten arrived in the Netherlands on July 1, 1617. The account of the voyage, attributed to Schouten, was published immediately and was a great success, going through multiple editions. Five years later, Le Maire's account, based on the recovered diary of the East India Company, was published. However, the voyage did not achieve its financial objectives and was not continued.

References

External links Account of the voyage (in Spanish)

Illustrations

Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten: Route of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten — Route of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten

In research: Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1615, 1616, 17th-century Dutch explorers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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