 Lenaert Jacobszoon

Lenaert Jacobszoon was a captain of the Dutch East India Company who, on in the vessel "Mauritius", sighted North West Cape in the north-west of Western Australia mistakenly believing it to be a large island.He also named the Willems River (presumed to be Ashburton River) and the Jocob Remmessens River (presumed to be Yardie Creek) in the same voyage.