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Jacob Roggeveen

Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer · Netherlands · Historical Figures · Lived 1659 to 1729 · aged 69

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He set sail hunting for a mythical southern continent and missed it entirely - but landed on Easter Island instead, on Easter Sunday 1722, becoming the first European to meet the moai.

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Carte d'une partie du grand océan équatorial pour servir à l'examen critique des relations du voyage autour du monde fait en 1722 - par l'Amiral hollandois Roggewein - btv1b531233779Carte d'une partie du grand océan équatorial pour servir à l'examen critique des relations du voyage autour du monde fait en 1722 - par l'Amiral hollandois Roggewein - btv1b531233779Doos behorend bij de herdenkingsmunt ter gelegenheid van de tweehonderdenvijftigjarige viering van de ontdekking van Sam, NG-1972-24-B-2Doos behorend bij de herdenkingsmunt ter gelegenheid van de tweehonderdenvijftigjarige viering van de ontdekking van Sam, NG-1972-24-B-2Doos horend bij een nikkelen penning, NG-1972-24-A-2Doos horend bij een nikkelen penning, NG-1972-24-A-2Interieur, toilet en teksten op muur van Jacob Roggeveen, in de oudbouw - Middelburg - 20374714 - RCEInterieur, toilet en teksten op muur van Jacob Roggeveen, in de oudbouw - Middelburg - 20374714 - RCEInterieur, vloer van het archiefcafé in de nieuwbouw, met teksten van Jacob Roggeveen - Middelburg - 20374620 - RCEInterieur, vloer van het archiefcafé in de nieuwbouw, met teksten van Jacob Roggeveen - Middelburg - 20374620 - RCERoggeveen voyageRoggeveen voyageSamoa $1 1972 Jacob RoggeveenSamoa $1 1972 Jacob RoggeveenTala, een herdenkingsmunt in doos ter gelegenheid van de tweehonderdenvijftigjarige viering van de ontdekking van Samoa, NG-1972-24-BTala, een herdenkingsmunt in doos ter gelegenheid van de tweehonderdenvijftigjarige viering van de ontdekking van Samoa, NG-1972-24-B

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Father: Arent Roggeveen

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Jacob Roggeveen was born on 1 February 1659 in the Netherlands, where he and his brother Jan planned an expedition to locate Terra Australis and the rumored Davis Land. Jan stayed behind while Jacob commanded the voyage that departed in 1721. On Easter Sunday 1722, instead of finding the continent they sought, Roggeveen's ships reached a remote island he named for the holiday - Easter Island. The expedition continued west, where he became the first European to sight Bora Bora and Maupiti in the Society Islands, then Samoa. He returned having opened new dots on the map, though not the landmass he'd been sent to find. Roggeveen died on 31 January 1729, one day before his seventieth birthday.

Country
Netherlands
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1659 to 1729 · aged 69

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