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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]].

 

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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 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]].