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In June 1615 Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten sailed with two vessels, ''Eendracht'' and ''Hoorn'', from Texel in the United Provinces , in command of an expedition whose objective was to evade the trade restrictions of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) by finding a new route to the Pacific and the Spice Islands . They followed the north coasts of New Ireland and New Guinea and visited adjacent islands, including what became known as the Schouten Islands . In 1616 they rounded Cape Horn , which they named for the ''Hoorn'', which was lost in a storm. The Dutch city of Hoorn was also the birthplace of Schouten. Although they had opened an unknown route, the VOC claimed infringement of its monopoly of trade to the Spice Islands . Le Maire and Schouten were arrested and the ''Eendracht'' was confiscated in Java . After beeing released, they returned from Batavia to Amsterdam ; Le Maire died during that journey. EXTERNAL LINKS
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