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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.
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