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Willem Janszoon , sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz.,[1] was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. Janszoon served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 1603–1611 and 1612–1616, including as governor of Fort Henricus on the island of Solor.[2] During his voyage of 1605–1606, he became the first European known to have seen the coast of Australia.

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