Willem Janszoon (Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnsoːn]; c. 1570 – c. 1630), sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz., was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. Janszoon...
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Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnsoːm ˈblʌu]; 1571 – 21 October 1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer...
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Willem Janszoon captained the first recorded European landing on the Australian continent in 1606, sailing from Bantam, Java, in the Duyfken. As an employee...
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Mauritius (1612) (section Commander Willem Janszoon)
and 1622. On the 1618 voyage, the ship was commanded by Supercargo Willem Janszoon and captained by Lenaert Jacobszoon, when they sighted North West Cape...
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from Bantam (Banten), Java, captained by Willem Janszoon, she encountered the Australian mainland. Janszoon is credited with the first authenticated European...
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Governor Janszoon may refer to: Jan Janszoon (born 1570s), Governor of Salé (ceremonial) from 1623 to 1627 Willem Janszoon (1570s–1630), Governor of Banda...
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coastline. The first documented encounter was that of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, in 1606. Dutch seafarers also visited the west and north coasts of...
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Museum van de Geest (section Willem Janszoon Verwer)
Dolhuys Perhaps the most famous regent today of the medieval Dolhuys was Willem Janszoon Verwer, who kept a diary, most notably of his experiences during the...
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Abel Tasman (redirect from Abel Janszoon Tasman)
Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch: [ˈaːbəl ˈjɑnsoːn ˈtɑsmɑn]; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and...
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Corsair Republic of Salè, Governor of Oualidia, and a Dutch pirate Willem Janszoon (1570–1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor, is the first European...
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Strait Islands inhabited by Torres Strait Islanders. Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, the first European to land in Australia, explored the west coast of...
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Sir Francis Drake Juan Sebastián Elcano Vasco da Gama Prince Henry Willem Janszoon Ferdinand Magellan Gerardus Mercator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón Francisco...
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India Company ship Mauritius in 1618, under the command of Supercargo Willem Janszoon and captained by Lenaert Jacobszoon, and is one of the few features...
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up the reports of land sighted further south in the 1606 voyages of Willem Janszoon in the Duyfken. Setting sail from Ambon in the Dutch East Indies with...
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Australian peoples for tens of thousands of years. In 1606, Dutch sailor Willem Janszoon on board the Duyfken was the first European to land in Australia, reaching...
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exploration of Australia first began in February 1606, when Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed in Cape York Peninsula and on October that year when Spanish...
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known landing in Australia by Europeans was in 1606 by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon on Australia's northern coast. Dutch navigators explored the western...
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Willem Janszoon on Duyfken is credited as being the first Australian visit by European explorers.) 1618 – Dutch East India Company supercargo Willem Janszoon...
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1499/1500, is published in Frankfurt. February 26 Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon makes the first confirmed sighting of Australia by a European. Pedro...
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with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken, captained by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon. He sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in early 1606, and made...
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island in present-day Vanuatu. Dutch navigator and colonial governor, Willem Janszoon sailed from the Netherlands for the East Indies for the third time...
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footballer Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1986), Dutch footballer Willem Janszoon (ca. 1570–1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor Willem Jewett (1963-2022)...
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etymologies for the names of local places. Landing at Cape York by Willem Janszoon, the first European to see the coast of Australia, 1606. Myths from...
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major rivers. The first known European explorer of the region was Willem Janszoon. The Gulf Country is a block of dry savanna between the wetter areas...
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Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607–1676) was an original settler of and prominent landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherland. Van Salee, commonly...
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expedition to land on the Australian continent, having been preceded by Willem Janszoon in 1606, but the first to do so on the western coastline. Hartog spent...
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The first documented encounter of the Australian mainland was by Willem Janszoon in 1606, as he sailed around Australia's north coast arriving in present-day...
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sighted the Australian mainland visited just four months earlier by Willem Janszoon sailing Duyfken without conversely becoming aware of the strait now...
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European explorer to visit the region (and Australia) was the Dutch Willem Janszoon (whose name is also written as Jansz) in his 1605–06 voyage. His fellow...
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coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landfall in Australia during the Janszoon voyage of 1605-6. Other places...
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