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Jan Carstenszoon
17th century Dutch explorer of New Guinea and Australia · Netherlands · On the map · Historical Figures
Jan Carstenszoon or more commonly Jan Carstensz was a 17th-century Dutch explorer.
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In 1623, Carstenszoon was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to lead an expedition to the southern coast of New Guinea and beyond, to follow up the reports of land sighted further south in the 1606 voyages of Willem Janszoon aboard Duyfken.
Country
Netherlands
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
