What was discovered by dutch explorers in 1606 in Australia?

Answer 1

Willem Jansz crossed the Arafura Sea from New Guinea into the Gulf of Carpentaria in far northern Australia. On 26 February 1606, Jansz became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores at the Pennefather River, near where the Queensland town of Weipa now stands, on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula.

Answer 2

Willem Janszoon, also known as Willem Jansz, was a Dutch trader. He departed on his third trip to the East Indies in December 1603, commanding the "Duyfken". His task was to seek new trade possibilities. After reaching western New Guinea in November 1605, he crossed the Arafura Sea into the Gulf of Carpentaria. Where he landed, near the Pennefather River on Cape York, he believed to be part of New Guinea, and Dutch maps showed the two land masses as one for many years.

Answer 3

On 26 February 1606, Dutch explorer Willem Jansz (also known as Willem Janszoon)became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores at the Pennefather River, near where the town of Weipa, Queensland, now stands, on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula.

Jansz actually thought that where he landed was part of New Guinea, and Dutch maps reflected this mistake for many years.

Answer 4

The indigenous Australians, known as Aborigines, made it to Australia anywhere between 6,000 and 50,000 years ago. In reality, they are the ones who first discovered Australia.

The Asian people - Macassans - visited the northern coast regularly for hundreds of years before Europeans set foot on the continent, to collect sea-slugs (trepang), a valued delicacy in Asia.

It is believed that the Portuguese were the first to sight the Australian continent, but there are no records within Portugal itself to substantiate the claim. The source for this claim are the Dieppe Maps, which date between 1542 and 1587, and which were drawn up by a group of French cartographers using a Portuguese source. These maps name a large land mass believed to be the Australian continent as Java-la-Grande. There is some speculation that the maps, not being to scale, actually represent an exaggerated western Java, possibly even Vietnam.

After this was when Willem Jansz/Janszoon came into the picture. He was a Dutchman who was seeking new trade routes and trade associates. Commanding the Duyfken, he became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula, on 26 February 1606. However, he believed the Cape to be part of New Guinea, from whence he crossed the Arafura Sea, so he did not record Australia as being a separate, new continent.

Answer 5

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