Following the loss of the American colonies, Britain needed to find somewhere to send its overcrowded prison population. On the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, who had traveled to Australia with Captain James Cook in , it was decided to create a convict settlement at…. Willem Janszoon returned to the Netherlands apparently in the belief that the south coast of New Guinea was joined to the land along which he sailed, although his own chart did not verify his claim to have continuously followed the coastline where the Torres Strait is found.
Good luck with your research! Hi, thank you for this interesting posting. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content Above: The replica of the Duyfken under sail in Australian waters. Image: Rupert Gerritsen Willem Janszoon was born some time around , probably in Amsterdam, and died in His name is sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz.
Janszoon served in the Dutch East Indies for some time, from — , and — He also served as governor of Fort Henricus on Solor for a time.
This was the first recorded European landfall on the Australian continent. The tonnage of Duyfken has been given as lasten tons. More from Wikipedia Below right: the decorated rear of the Duyfken replica. Previous Previous. Next Continue. Similar Posts The continent of Australia sat virtually undiscovered, unnoticed, and unclaimed, by the European powers until the s, with Willem Janszoon, a Dutch navigator and colonial governor, making the first recorded European landing on the western side of Cape York peninsular in February, For his part in this he was decorated with a chain of honour.
The fleet made an unprofitable cruise and next year the positions of the senior officers were reversed, Janssen becoming admiral. When the English withdrew from these operations he continued them for a time as admiral of the Dutch ships, but eventually retired to Batavia. In October , the government of Banda having fallen into disorder, he was appointed governor there and took up the office in December.
He soon restored the place to order and established churches and schools, financing the schools by a lottery.
He served there until February , then returned to Batavia and was appointed commandeur of a fleet for a voyage to Persia. He returned in June , and soon afterwards, when the Mataram laid siege to Batavia, he lent Coen valuable support in its defence, though by reason of his age he was not permitted to face the enemy at the head of troops.
In November he was sent home as one of the three joint-commanders of a fleet which reached Holland in July On arrival he was sent to report to the States-General and the stadtholder on the state of the Indies, and thereafter he drops out of sight. It does not appear that he ever married. Janssen was a good disciplinarian, diligent, unassuming and good-tempered. Finding the land swampy and the people inhospitable ten of his men were killed on various shore expeditions , at Cape Keerveer "Turnabout" , south of Albatross Bay, Jansz headed home and arrived at Bantam in June He called the land he had discovered "Nieu Zelandt," but this name was not adopted, and was later used by Abel Tasman to name New Zealand.
Although there have been many suggestions that earlier navigators from China , France or Portugal may have discovered parts of Australia, the Duyfken is the first European vessel known to have done so. Jansz served in the Netherlands East Indies for several periods - 11 , - 16 , including a period as governor of Fort Henricus on Solor, and - 28 , during which time was served as admiral of the Dutch fleet and as governor of Banda - Jansz was awarded a chain of honour in for his part in capturing four ships of the British East India Company which had aided the Javanese in their defence of the town of Jakarta against the Dutch.
In he retired to the Netherlands with the rank of admiral. The original journals and charts made during Jansz's voyage have been lost, but the National Library of Austria in Vienna holds a copy of the map made around
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