This explorer was put on trial after he drunkenly attempted to hang two of his own crew members from a tree because they strayed too far from camp - as a result, this man briefly lost his seat on the Council of Justice and ha
This explorer was put on trial after he drunkenly attempted to hang two of his own crew members from a tree because they strayed too far from camp - as a result, this man briefly lost his seat on the Council of Justice and had to issue a public apology. During one expedition, he was sent to search for a "golden kingdom" of Lavo, but a mistranslation of Marco Polo in German led him to sail in a different direction. His companions included the merchant Isaac Gilsemans, whose drawings depict their travels, and the carpenter Frans Visscher, who planted flags for him in the name of Prince Frederick Hendrick. This man named the Three Kings Islands after founding Storm Bay and the Forestier Peninsula, and then nearly wrecked while founding the Fiji Islands. For 10 points, name this explorer who sailed from Batavia to discover Van Diemen's Land, which is now named in his honor.