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Jacob Roggeveen
Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer
Lived 1659–1729, aged 70
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Updated 2026-06-01
Dutch explorer who stumbled onto Easter Island in 1722 while hunting for mythical continents. Also logged the first European sightings of Bora Bora, Samoa, and a few other Pacific islands that actually existed.
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Jacob Roggeveen was a Dutch explorer who was sent to find Terra Australis and Davis Land, but instead found Easter Island. Jacob Roggeveen was the first European to find Bora Bora and Maupiti of the Society Islands, as well as Samoa. He planned the expedition along with his brother Jan Roggeveen, who stayed in the Netherlands.
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