[DOC] [TLE] European exploration of Australia - Wikipedia [PAR] The European exploration of Australia was the exploration of Australia by 
Europeans or white explorers, encompassing several waves of seafarers and 
land explorers. The first documented encounter was that of Dutch navigator 
Willem Janszoon, ... Janszoon followed the coast of New Guinea, missed Torres 
Strait, and... [DOC] [TLE] Willem Janszoon - Wikipedia [PAR] Willem Janszoon sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz., was a ... On 26 
February 1606, he made landfall at the ... This is the first recorded European 
landfall on the ... which he thought was a southerly extension of New Guinea. ... 
parts of Australia, the Duyfken is the first European... [DOC] [TLE] Janszoon voyage of 160506 - Wikipedia [PAR] Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing on the Australian 
continent in 1606 ... Janszoon failed to discover Torres Strait, which separates 
Australia and New Guinea. ... 1770 passage through the Torres Strait, while early 
Spanish maps showed the coast of New Guinea correctly, but omitted Australia. [DOC] [TLE] LisaHillSchoolStuff - Willem Janszoon [PAR] 15701630) was a Dutch navigator and he was the first European known to ... 
made the first recorded European landing on the Australian continent, but he did 
not ... He mapped the coastline, but he thought it was part of New Guinea 
because... [DOC] [TLE] Discovery of Australia - Who Discovered Australia & When? [PAR] The Aboriginals - Discovered Australia The First People in Australia ... by Willem 
Janszoon set sail from Banten in Indonesia, in search of new trading ... Janszoon 
is credited with being the first European to set foot on Australian soil. ... He 
thought the land was part of the island of New Guinea which is further to the north
. [DOC] [TLE] European discovery of Australia - WikiTree [PAR] Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing on the Australian ... 
he thought was a extension of New Guinea, but was the western coast of the 
Cape ... as the northernmost part of the southern continent the Terra Australis in 
accordance ... Abel Tasman sighted the west coast of Tasmania on 24 November 
1642... [DOC] [TLE] As it Was - Hydro International [PAR] Mar 22, 2016 ... It is 1606 as the Dutch ship Duyfken makes first recorded landfall in Australia. ... 
of the Cape York Peninsula contact was also made with local Aboriginal people. 
... Willem Janszoon thought he still saw the coast of New Guinea. ... West Coast, 
thereby becoming the first European to visit the continent twice. [DOC] [TLE] Australian Discovery - Project Gutenberg Australia [PAR] The first authenticated landing on Australian soil occurred in March 1606 when ... 
people of the Australian continent probably first sighted Europeans when the 
Dutch ... by Willem Janszoon, made landfall after a voyage from the Dutch East 
Indies ... A visit was made to Prince of Wales Island, the New Guinea coast was 
again... [DOC] [TLE] Australian History/Early Explorers - Wikibooks, open books for an ... [PAR] Usually the land was shown as a continent around the South Pole, but much 
larger than ... New Zealand, discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642, was by some 
regarded as a ... The first undisputed sighting of Australia by a European was 
made in 1606. ... captained by Willem Jansz, explored perhaps 350km of western 
side of... [DOC] [TLE] Willem Jansz - Dictionary definition of Willem Jansz | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Willem Jansz, a Dutch sea captain, was the first European to catch sight of 
Australia. ... for being the first Caucasian to glimpse a continentChristopher 
Columbus ... might run aground, Jansz turned the prow southward, where they 
again sighted land. Though they thought this was simply another part of New 
Guinea, in fact... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman | Dutch explorer and navigator | Britannica ... [PAR] Jun 10, 2016 ... On his first voyage (164243) in the service of the Dutch East... ... the Solomon 
Islands of the Spaniards, and to explore New Guinea. ... In NovemberDecember
, having made a great circuit of the seas, Tasman sighted the west coast and ... 
He was the first European to see parts of Australia, including the... [DOC] [TLE] 1606:

Question: Willem Janszoon made the first European sighting of this continent, but thought it was part of New Guinea
Answer: Australia