Sep 18, 2024 · In late February and early March 1606 Willem Janszoon, captain of the Dutch East India Company ship the Duyfken, became the first European to make recorded contact with and map part of the Australian continent.

Map of the voyage of Willem Janszoon in 1605–1606. Willem Janszoon captained the first recorded European landing on the Australian continent in 1606, sailing Duyfken from Bantam, Java.

Jan 22, 2022 · Map of the route of Willem Janszoon's (c. 1570-c. 1630) expedition 1605-1606. The Dutch explorer made landfall at Pennefather River, near modern-day Weipa on the west coast of the Cape York peninsula (northern Queensland, Australia) on 26 February 1606.

Historic map - Tvrcicvm Imperivm by Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 ; Blaeu, Joan, 1596-2028, published in 1662, part of the Blaeu Atlas Maior, 1662 maps

Jan 26, 2022 · Janszoon's mapping was the first of the Dutch voyages that would chart almost two-thirds of the Australian coastline in the 17th century. The official ship log of the voyage no longer exists, and Janszoon's original map was later lost, but the VOC had it copied when the Duyfken returned to Bantam.

Antique Maps by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (*1571 - † 1638) Willem Janszoon Blaeu was born 1571 in Alkmaar. He was trained from 1594 to 1596 by the famous danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. 1599 he went to Amsterdam and founded a business as globe maker.

The only difference here is that Blaeu has put his scale in the lower-right cartouche where Jansson had his imprint. Cartographically, the map incorporates the major English discoveries of Henry Hudson and William Baffin, as well as those within Hudson Bay of Thomas Button and Thomas James.

This gorgeous map of the World was originally produced circa 1606, by famous cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu. The 17th century old map of the world is surrounded by some truly interesting illustrations representing the Greek gods of the planets, the four elements, seasons of the year, as well as landmarks of historical significance.

The map is part of the Atlas Blaeu Van der Hem, brought to Vienna in 1730 by Prince Eugene of Savoy. The information from his charts was included in the marble and copper maps of the hemispheres on the floor of The Citizens' Hall of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. [15] [16]

Willem Blaeu's wall maps are considered to be among the most influential and artistically virtuous masterpieces of the great era of baroque cartography. The publication of the first set of his wall maps in 1608 was responsible for initiating his ascendancy to the pre-eminent position in the highly competitive global map market.