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Jacques l'Hermite

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Dutch admiral and explorer (1582-1624)

NetherlandsLived 1582 to 1624 · aged 42
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Jacques l'Hermite, sometimes also known as Jacques le Clerq, was a Flemish merchant, explorer and admiral known for his journey around the globe with the Nassau Fleet (1623-1626) and for his blockade and raid on Callao in 1624 during that same voyage in which he also died.

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Jacques l'Hermite, sometimes also known as Jacques le Clerq, was a Flemish merchant, explorer and admiral known for his journey around the globe with the Nassau Fleet (1623-1626) and for his blockade and raid on Callao in 1624 during that same voyage in which he also died. He served the Dutch East India Company as chief merchant in Bantam and Ambon Island in the Dutch East Indies. The Chilean Hermite Islands near Cape Horn which his fleet charted in February 1624 are named after him.

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Netherlands
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Lived 1582 to 1624 · aged 42
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