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PARMENTIER, Jehan (par-mon-tyay), French navigator, born in Dieppe in 1494; died in Sumatra in 1530. He followed the profession of a pilot, and was among the first that visited Brazil. Entering the service of the famous Dieppe merchant, Ante, he was employed by the latter in missions of exploration along the coast of South America, and discovered, in 1520, the island of Pernambuco. In 1527 he proposed to Ante to reach the western coast of America by way of China and the Indies, and, being given the command of an expedition, had already advanced about 1,000 miles east of Sumatra when he was compelled by hurricanes to return to that island. A second expedition, undertaken in 1529, was still more unfortunate, as Parmentier was caught by currents and wrecked off Sumatra in the early part of 1530. A narrative of his travels in verse was published after his death under the title "Navigation de Jehan Parmentier, matelot de Dieppe, contenant les merveilles de la met, du ciel et de la terre" (Paris, 1531 ; reprinted in 1832).
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