Jacob Roggeveen

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Dutch person explorer human

Jacob Roggeveen was an 18th-century Dutch explorer best known for leading the expedition that first recorded European contact with Easter Island.

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Jacob Roggeveen expedition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Middelburg ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
continentOfExploration Pacific Ocean ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1659-01-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1729-01-31 ⓘ
dateOfDiscovery 1722-04-05 ⓘ
discovered Bora Bora for Europe ⓘ
Easter Island for Europe ⓘ
Samoa for Europe ⓘ
educatedAt University of Harderwijk ⓘ
University of Leiden ⓘ
employer Dutch West India Company ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery
ethnicGroup Dutch ⓘ
familyName Roggeveen ⓘ
father Arent Roggeveen ⓘ
fieldOfWork exploration ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
givenName Jacob ⓘ
knownFor Pacific exploration ⓘ
first recorded European contact with Easter Island ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
name Jacob Roggeveen self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage Dutch ⓘ
notableExpedition 1721–1722 Pacific voyage ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dutch Republic ⓘ
Middelburg ⓘ
Zeeland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dutch Republic ⓘ
Middelburg ⓘ
Zeeland ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shipUsed Afrikaansche Galey ⓘ
Arend ⓘ
Thienhoven ⓘ
visited Easter Island ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
surface form: Samoa Islands

Society Islands ⓘ
Tuamotu Archipelago ⓘ

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Arend → associatedExplorer → Jacob Roggeveen ⓘ
Arend → commandedBy → Jacob Roggeveen ⓘ
Easter Island → discoveredByEuropeans → Jacob Roggeveen ⓘ
Afrikaansche Galey → expeditionLeader → Jacob Roggeveen ⓘ
Arend → expeditionLeader → Jacob Roggeveen ⓘ
Afrikaansche Galey → hasCommander → Jacob Roggeveen ⓘ
Jacob Roggeveen → name → Jacob Roggeveen self-link ⓘ
Afrikaansche Galey → partOf → Jacob Roggeveen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob Roggeveen expedition