[DOC] [TLE] Willem Janszoon - Wikipedia [PAR] Willem Janszoon sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz., was a Dutch 
navigator and colonial ... He is the first European known to have seen the coast of 
Australia during his ... On 18 November 1605, the Duyfken sailed from Bantam to 
the coast of ... This is the first recorded European landfall on the Australian 
continent. [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, ... Explorers by land and sea continued to survey the continent 
for some years... [DOC] [TLE] Janszoon voyage of 160506 - Wikipedia [PAR] Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing on the Australian 
continent in 1606 ... He had originally arrived in Dutch East Indies from the 
Netherlands in 1598 and became an officer of the VOC on its establishment in 
1602. ... shore of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, near the modern town of 
Weipa. [DOC] [TLE] Duyfken - Revolvy [PAR] Janszoon is credited with the first authenticated European discovery of Australia. 
... In 1605, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) sent the Duyfken, captained by 
... Willem Janszoon took the ship southeast from Banda to the Kei Islands, then ... 
Australian historian Michael John Young who became aware of Duyfken as... [DOC] [TLE] Australia 2006-P Australia on the Map 1606 - Sailing Ship Duyfken ... [PAR] Janszoon and his crew, who became the first documented Europeans to ... 
Dutchman Willem Janszoon of the Dutch East India Company became the first 
authenticated European to sight, map and land on the Australian continent, 
sailing his ship ... of Willem Janszoon, Duyfken sailed from Bantam in Java at the 
end of 1605,... [DOC] [TLE] Firts sight - the Dutch mapping of Australia 1606-1697 [PAR] forEword. Dutchman Willem Janszoon was the first European to sight Australia ... 
The Dutch would gradually unveil the real southern continent throughout the ... 
Janszoon sailed in late 1605 ... Indies around the Cape of .... The coast became. [DOC] [TLE] EARLY EXPLORERS | Western Australia | www.wanowandthen.com [PAR] Sep 19, 2016 ... In 1602 the Portuguese may have made the first European landing on Australian 
soil. In 1605-6 the Dutch ship Duyfken (Dove or possibly Little Dove) ... It was 
common to abbreviate the name in written form so Janszoon became Jansz, ... 
1619 the Amsterdam joined Dordrecht sailing along the coast near... [DOC] [TLE] CLIO History Journal - The Portuguese Discovery of Australia [PAR] Great debate abounds concerning the possibility of a European discovery of ... 
China in the thirteenth century, sightings of a southern continent have been 
attributed to ... seventeenth centuries, prior to Willem Jansz, the Dutchman who 
charted the ... In 1484 Bartholomew Diaz became the first European to round the 
Cape of... [DOC] [TLE] AF_Explorers by Steve Parish Publishing - issuu [PAR] May 16, 2011 ... IN AROUND 140 AD, ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy wrote in his .... These 
first discoverers of the southern continent must have been ... When Willem Jansz 
and a small group of men travelled upriver to ..... COOK NEITHER SPIED land 
first, nor made the first European footstep on Australia's east coast. [DOC] [TLE] Finding an ancient land: an illustrated research essay - Western ... [PAR] Australia, to expand on the European discovery of Australia with a focus .... 
discovery of what became known as Gonneville Land was the inspiration for 
those .... Australian continent. .... After Dampier there came Willem de Vlamingh 
leading a fleet of three Dutch ... should be explored after first landing at around 
35-40. [DOC] [TLE] A Short History of Australia - The Dawn of Discovery [PAR] The outline is not much like that of the continent of Australia, but it was .... If the 
Portuguese became aware of the existence of a large area of new country, was 
.... First they tried to find a new route to the East by a passage north of Europe, but 
... This yacht which was commanded by Willem Jansz, was actually Torres Strait 
in... [DOC] [TLE] 2006 Australia on Map 1606 Sailing

Question: Around 1605 Dutchman Willem Jansz became the first European to sight this continent
Answer: Australia