Roggeveen, Jakob ___ 1659-1729 ___ Dutch ___ sailor

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Roggeveen trained as a notary in Middelburg, Holland, and studied law at University of Harderwijk. Between 1707 and 1714, he was a Council Lord of Justice at Batavia, in the Dutch East Indies (now Djakarta). On returning to Holland, he supported the liberal preacher Pontiaan van Hattem, but the first part of a tract he published in 1718 was confiscated by the city council and burned. Roggeveen fled Middelburg, and eventually established himself in Arnemuiden, where he published further parts of the tract. In August 1721, he took over the preparation of an expedition, initially devised by his father, for the Dutch West India Company, to seek Terra Australis. He sailed around Cape Horn and to the Pacific Ocean, visited Juan Fernandez Islands, and is credited with discovering Easter Island in 1722. Subsequently, he was arrested because he had, apparently, violated the monopoly of the Dutch East India Company. He was later released and compensated. He returned to the Netherlands in 1723 and published a final part of his tract.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1721-1722 ___ maritime exploration weather health

WEB TEXT LINKS
one good extract
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Journal of Jacob Roggeveen
 

May 2005, August 2008
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