Willem Barentsz did three voyages
Willem Barentsz died on 1597-06-20.
Willem Vrelant died in 1482.
Willem Piso died in 1678.
Willem Witsen was born in 1860.
Willem Barentsz was born in 1550.
Willem Barentsz did three voyages
Willem Barentsz died on 1597-06-20.
According to Wikipedia - Willem Barentsz was born around the year 1550 on the island Terschelling in the Seventeen Provinces.
Willem Barents lead several expeditions to find a north-east passage to Asia. He discovered Spitsbergen and reached the novaya Zemlya in the north of Russia.
Willem Jansz was the first European known to have seen the coast of Australia...
In the 16th century Abel Tasman (who had Tasmania named after him) discovered New Zealand among others. Willem Barentsz tried to find a northern route to Asia and discovered Spitsbergen in the 17th century.
Abel Tasman did not discover Australia. Abel Tasman only discovered the island that he named Van Diemen's land (now the state of Tasmania) in 1642. The first known European to discover Australia was Willem Jansz, who landed on the shores of Cape York Peninsula in 1606.
No. Captain Hook is a fictitious character from the book Peter Pan.Nor did Captain Cook discover Australia. To begin with James Cook was a Lieutenant, not a captain, when he charted the eastern coast of Austalia and claimed it for Great Britain. He did not discover Australia, as that honour goes to Dutch trader Willem Jansz in 1606.
Willem Elzenga's birth name is Willem Lodewijk Elzenga.
Willem Drieling's birth name is Willem Johannes Drieling.
Willem Wilmink's birth name is Willem Andries Wilmink.