what was willem janszoon ship called
A Brave Ship. In 1606 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) sent the little ship Duyfken, captained by Willem Janszoon, to search for south and east lands beyond the furthest reaches of their known world.Leaving from Banda (Indonesia), Duyfken reached the Cape York Peninsula and charted 300km of the coast.n December Duyfken sets out on a second voyage to the Indies in the VOC fleet of Steven van der Haghen and with Willem Janszoon as skipper. In December Duyfken sets out on a second voyage to the Indies in the VOC fleet of Steven van der Haghen and with Willem Janszoon as skipper.