…At the time, the right of passage through the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa and the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of South America was held by the Dutch East India Company, and other Dutch people were not free to pass through. In order to enter the Pacific trade, Amsterdam merchant Isaac Le Mer set out from the Netherlands in 1615 to discover a third sea route to the Pacific, with the famous navigator Schouten as captain and his son Jacob as captain. After passing Cape Horn, they crossed the Pacific via the Tuamotu Islands, the Tonga Islands, and the northern coast of New Guinea. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Isaac Le Maire" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…当時アフリカ南端の喜望峰と南アメリカ南端のマゼラン海峡の通行権はオランダ東インド会社が握っており,他のオランダ人には通過の自由がなかった。太平洋貿易参入をめざすアムステルダムの商人イサーク・ル・メールは,太平洋への第3の航路発見のため,名高い航海者であったスハウテンを船長とし,自分の息子ヤコブを隊長とする探検隊を1615年にオランダから出発させた。彼らはホーン岬通過後,トゥアモトゥ諸島,トンガ諸島,ニューギニア北岸を経て太平洋を横断した。… ※「イサーク・ル・メール」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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