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.
Lenaert Jacobszoon, a captain of the Dutch East India Company, sighted North West Cape in the north-west of Western Australia on 31 July 1618, believing it to be a large island.