Willem Janszoon

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnsoːn]; c. 1570 – c. 1630), sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz, was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. Willem was one of the first people to find Australia before Captain James Cook found it.

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