Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne

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Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne (old French often also Beauchesne ; * 1652 in Saint-Malo , France , † 1730 ibid) was a French captain.

Beauchêne undertook a trip to the Pacific in 1698 , for which he sailed on the outward journey through the Strait of Magellan , on the return journey around Cape Horn . From him the name Île Louis le Grand (today Isla Carlos III.) Came for a small island at the Pacific exit of the Strait of Magellan. When Beauchêne returned from the South Seas in 1700, he was anchored on the eastern side of the Malwinen , but initially held it for the Sebald Islands . The first and only European to anchor there before him was the Englishman John Strong ten years earlier.

The southernmost Malwinen Island, discovered by Beauchêne in January 1701, still bears his name today: Île Beauchêne .

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SURNAME Beauchêne, Jacques Gouin de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beauchesne, Jacques Gouin de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French captain
DATE OF BIRTH 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Malo , France
DATE OF DEATH 1730
Place of death Saint Malo , France