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'''Willem Jansz''' (or Janszoon, Janssen) (fl. 1605-1628),[[Dutch]] navigator and commander, was the first [[European]] recorded as having contact with the mainland of [[Australia]].

'''Willem Jansz''' (or Janszoon, Janssen) (fl. 1602-1628),[[Dutch]] navigator and commander, was the first [[European]] recorded as having contact with the mainland of [[Australia]].

He entered history as commander of the [[yacht]] ''Duyfken'', one of a fleet of vessels that sailed from [[Holland]] to the East in during 1603-4. In 1605-6, still with the tiny  ''Duyfken'', he sailed along the south coast of [[New Guinea]], and crossed the western entrance of [[Torres]] Strait to explore what is now the west (Carpentaria) coast of [[Cape York]] in far north [[Queensland]].

He entered history as commander of the [[yacht]] ''Duyfken'', one of a fleet of vessels that sailed from [[Holland]] to the East during 1603-4. In 1605-6, still with the tiny  ''Duyfken'', he sailed along the south coast of [[New Guinea]], and crossed the western entrance of [[Luis Vaez de Torres|Torres]] Strait to explore what is now the west (Carpentaria) coast of Cape York in far north [[Queensland]].

He subsequently enjoyed a successful, if not spectacular, career in the [[Dutch East India Company]] in the East and Europe as trader and miliary commander before dropping from sight in 1629.

He subsequently enjoyed a successful, if not spectacular, career in the [[Dutch East India Company]] in the East and Europe as trader and military commander before dropping from sight in 1629.

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