Lenaert Jacobszoon, captain of the Dutch East India Company who, in 1618 sighted North West Cape in the north-west of Western Australia
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.
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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.