Lenaert Jacobszoon

Lenaert Jacobszoon was a captain of the Dutch East India Company who, on 31 July 1618 in the vessel "Mauritius", sighted North West Cape in the north-west of Western Australia mistakenly believing it to be a large island. He also named the Willems River and the Jocob Remmessens River (presumed to be Yardie Creek) in the same voyage.

On board the ship was supercargo Willem Janszoon, former captain of the "Duyfken", who wrote to the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam about the "discovery" of an island during this yoyage. Also on board was 25 year-old Anthony van Diemen who was later to push for the further exploration of the southern land and after whom "Van Diemen's Land" (Tasmania) was named.

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*http://gutenberg.net.au/aust-discovery.html