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Willem Janszoon

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Dutch navigator and colonial governor (c.1570-c.1630)

NetherlandsHistorical FiguresLived 1570 to 1630 · aged 60
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Willem Janszoon was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. He served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 1603-1611 and 1612-1616, including as governor of Fort Henricus on the island of Solor.

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19th-century artist impression of the ship Duyfken in the Gulf of Carpentaria19th-century artist impression of the ship Duyfken in the Gulf of CarpentariaWillem Janszoon’s Vliege Bay, Dubbelde Rev., R. Visch, and Cape Keerweer on the coast of Nueva Guinea on Hessel Gerritszoon’s map of the Pacific Ocean, 1622Willem Janszoon’s Vliege Bay, Dubbelde Rev., R. Visch, and Cape Keerweer on the coast of Nueva Guinea on Hessel Gerritszoon’s map of the Pacific Ocean, 1622

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Willem Janszoon was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. He served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 1603-1611 and 1612-1616, including as governor of Fort Henricus on the island of Solor. During his voyage of 1605-1606, Janszoon and his crew became the first Europeans known to have seen and land on the coast of Australia.

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Netherlands
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1570 to 1630 · aged 60
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