François Thijssen or Frans Thijsz (died 13 October 1638?) was a Dutch-French explorer who explored the southern coast of Australia. He was the captain...

include: Thijssen Angenelle Thijssen [de; nl] (born 1961), Dutch painter and glass artist Felix Thijssen (1933–2022), Dutch novelist François Thijssen (died...

of Carpentaria, sighting the east coast of Arnhem Land. In 1627, François Thijssen ended up too far south and on 26 January 1627 he came upon the coast...

In 1628, he added the 1627 charting of Australia’s South coast by François Thijssen to the map mentioned above, making this the first map showing a outline...

The captain was François Thijssen. The Gulden Zeepaert sailed from the Netherlands on 22 May 1626, under the command of Francois Thijssen (sometimes recorded...

back to 1627 when the Dutch vessel Gulden Zeepaert, skippered by François Thijssen, passed through waters off the Esperance coast and continued across...

known to have sighted and mapped the Nullarbor coast were Captain François Thijssen and Councillor of the Indies, Pieter Nuyts, on the Dutch East Indiaman...

Zeepaert, captained by François Thijssen, examined and mapped a section of the coastline as far east as the Nuyts Archipelago. Thijssen named the whole of...

1627 the south coast of Australia was accidentally encountered by François Thijssen and named 't Land van Pieter Nuyts, in honour of the highest ranking...

first encountered by European explorers in 1627 when Dutch navigator François Thijssen sailed along its western margins. The coast was later first accurately...