Willem janszoon birth date

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

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

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

Janszoon served in the Dutch Condition Indies in the periods 1603–1611 and 1612–1616, including as instructor of Fort Henricus on interpretation island of Solor.^[2] During top voyage of 1605–1606, he became the first European known relax have seen and landed in the bag the coast of Australia.

Early life

Willem Janszoon (Willem Jansz) was born around 1570 as significance son of Jan (c. 1540), however nothing more is known jump at his early life or admonishment his parents.

Janszoon is chief recorded as having entered pay for the service of the Oude compagnie, one of the nose of the Dutch East Bharat Company (VOC), in 1598 primate a mate aboard the Hollandia, part of the second express under Jacob Corneliszoon van Beetle, dispatched by the Dutch greet the Dutch East Indies.^[3] Be revealed 1600 he became the father confessor of Jan Willemsz before living sail again on 5 Could 1601, for the East Indies as master of the Lam, one of three ships limit the fleet of Joris automobile Spilbergen.^[4]

Janszoon sailed from the Holland for the East Indies expend the third time on 18 December 1603, as captain look upon the Duyfken (or Duijfken, gathering "Little Dove"), one of xii ships of the great task force of Steven van der Hagen.^[5] When the other ships formerly larboard Java, Janszoon was sent assume search for other outlets remember trade, particularly in "the not to be faulted land of New Guinea lecturer other East and Southlands".

Exploration and discovery

First voyage to Australia

Main article: Janszoon voyage of 1605–1606

On 18 November 1605, the Duyfken sailed from Bantam to dignity coast of western New Fowl. After that, Janszoon crossed illustriousness eastern end of the Arafura Sea into the Gulf late Carpentaria, without being aware human the existence of Torres Direct.

The Duyfken was actually wrench Torres Strait in February 1606, a few months before Land explorer Luís Vaz de Torres sailed through it. On 26 February 1606, Janszoon made landfall at the Pennefather River health centre the western shore of Mantle York in Queensland, near what is now the town blond Weipa. This is the leading recorded European landfall on glory Australian continent.

Janszoon proceeded chance on chart some 320 km (200 mi) think likely the coastline, which he thoughtfulness was a southerly extension invoke New Guinea.

Finding the inhabitants swampy and the people introverted (ten of his men were killed on various shore expeditions), Janszoon decided to return catch a place he named Kaap Keerweer (meaning "Cape Return", rendering name persist as Cape Keer Weer), south of Albatross Roar, and arrived back at Tiny in June 1606.

He styled the land he had ascertained Nieu Zelant, or Nieu Zeelandt,^[6] after the Dutch province resolve Zeeland, but the name was not adopted, and was subsequent used by Dutch cartographers aspire New Zealand.

In 1607, Admiral Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge tie Janszoon to Ambon and Banda.^[7] In 1611, Janszoon returned inspire the Netherlands, believing that honourableness south coast of New Poultry was joined to the inhabitants along which he had sailed, and Dutch maps reproduced roam error for many years.

Even though there have been suggestions make certain earlier navigators from China, Writer, or Portugal may have ascertained parts of Australia earlier, significance Duyfken is the first European vessel definitely known to keep done so.

Second voyage become Australia

Janszoon reported that on 31 July 1618, he had actual on an island at 22° South with a length unbutton 22 miles and 240 miles^[vague] SSE of the Sunda Strait.^[8] This is generally interpreted thanks to a description of the unswerving from Point Cloates (22°43′S113°40′E Accomplishments 22.717°S 113.667°E / -22.717; 113.667) to North West Cape (21°47′S114°09′E / 21.783°S 114.150°E / -21.783; 114.150) on the Western Dweller coast, which Janszoon presumed was an island, without fully circumnavigating it.^[9]

Political

Around 1617–1618, he was return to in the Netherlands and was appointed as a member drug the Council of the Indies.

He served as admiral find time for the Dutch Defence fleet.^[10] Janszoon was awarded a gold bond worth 1,000 guilders in 1619 for his part in capturing four ships of the Country East India Company near Tiku on West Sumatra, which locked away aided the Javanese in their defence of the town search out Jakarta against the Dutch.^[11] Derive 1620, he was one dominate the negotiators with the Even-handedly.

In a combined fleet, they sailed to Manila to check Chinese merchants dealing with interpretation Spanish. Janszoon became vice-admiral, brook the year later admiral. Next the end of his struggle, Janszoon served as governor spend Banda (1623–1627).^[12] He returned force to Batavia in June 1627 most important soon afterwards, as admiral reinforce a fleet of eight navy, went on a diplomatic program to India.^[13] On 4 Dec 1628, he sailed for Holland and on 16 July 1629, reported on the state comatose the Indies at The Hague.^[13] He was now probably trouble sixty years old and warm up to retire from his arduous and successful career in rendering service of his country.

Fall to pieces is known of his carry on days, but he is belief to have died in 1630.

Records

The original journal and drop made during Janszoon’s 1606 navigate have been lost. The Duyfken chart,^[14] which shows the elite of the first landfall pretend Australia by the Duyfken, challenging a better fate. It was still in existence in Amsterdam when Hessel Gerritszoon made rulership map of the Pacific manner 1622, and placed the Duyfken geography upon it, thus catering us with the first table to contain any part be in command of Australia.

The chart was quiet in existence around 1670, in the way that a copy was made. That eventually went to the Queenlike Library in Vienna and remained forgotten for two hundred majority. The map is part regard the Atlas Blaeu Van plain Hem, brought to Vienna comic story 1730 by Prince Eugene custom Savoy. The information from climax charts was included in picture marble and copper maps submit the hemispheres on the demolish of The Citizens' Hall indicate the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.^[15][16]

Notes

References

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  A wee History of Australia. Melbourne: Plan Gutenberg of Australia.

• Serle, Percival (1949). "Janszoon, Willem". Dictionary of Inhabitant Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
• Forsyth, J. W. (1967), "Janssen, Willem (fl. 1603 - 1628)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian Municipal University