LC control no. | nb2023002277 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Carstensz, Jan |
Variant(s) | Carstenszoon, Jan |
Beginning date | 16 |
Associated country | Netherlands |
Field of activity | Discovery and exploration |
Affiliation | Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie |
Profession or occupation | Explorers |
Found in | Twee togten naar de Golf van Carpentaria, 1859: t.p. (J. Carstensz) Wikipedia, viewed 9 Feb. 2023 (Jan Carstenszoon, or more commonly Jan Carstensz, was a 17th-century Dutch explorer. In 1623, Carstenszoon was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to lead an expedition to the southern coast of New Guinea and beyond, to follow up the reports of land sighted further south in the 1606 voyages of Willem Janszoon in the Duyfken.) |
Associated language | dut |