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    • Willem Janszoon

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

    Not to be confused with Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571–1638), a contemporary Dutch cartographer.

    Willem Janszoon (Dutch:[ˈʋɪləmˈjɑnsoːn]; c. 1570 – c. 1630), sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz.,[1] was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor.

    Janszoon 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.[2] During his voyage of 1605–1606, he became the first European known to have seen and landed on the coast of Australia.

    Early life

    Willem Janszoon (Willem Jansz) was born around 1570 as the son of Jan (c. 1540), but nothing more is known of his early life or of his parents.

    Janszoon is first recorded as having entered into the service of the Oude compagnie, one of the predecessors of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in 1598 as a mate aboard the Hollandia, part