Jacques l'Hermite

The Chilean Hermite Islands near Cape Horn which his fleet charted in February 1624 are named after him.

After the fall of Antwerp in 1585 in a battle with the Spanish Empire, the family moved north to Amsterdam and later settled in Rotterdam.

[2] In April 1623, l'Hermite was commissioned by Prince Maurice of Nassau and the Dutch State General to lead a fleet of eleven ships known as the Nassau Fleet (Dutch: Nassausche vloot) with its flagship Amsterdam.

In early 1624, the fleet passed Cape Horn through Lemaire Channel and explored and charted the Hermite Islands.

[6] L'Hermite died on 2 June 1624, during the blockade of Callao, after suffering from dysentery and scurvy for months.