death_place death_date religion birth_place nationality article_title parents birth_date spouse employer education name
middelburg 31 january 1729 protestant middelburg dutch jacob roggeveen
 arend roggeveen , maria storm 01 february 1659 marija margaerita vincentius , anna adriana clement dutch west india company university of harderwijk jacob roggeveen
jacob roggeveen

jacob roggeveen -lrb- 1 february 1659 -- 31 january 1729 -rrb- was a dutch explorer who was sent to find terra australis , but he instead came across easter island .
jacob roggeveen also encountered bora bora and maupiti of the society islands , samoa .
he planned the expedition along with his brother jan roggeveen , who stayed in the netherlands .
