Commanding three ships, Geelvink, Nyptangh and Wezeltje, he arrived at and named Rottnest on 29 December 1696, and on 10 January 1697 visited and named the Swan River. The Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh was the next European in the area. The first detailed map of the Swan River, drawn by the French in 1801 They gave an unfavourable opinion of the area partly due to the dangerous reefs. They then travelled north and subsequently found the wreck of Vergulde Draeck (but still no survivors). Joncke sighted Rottnest but did not proceed any closer to the mainland because of the many reefs.
In 1658, three Dutch Republic ships, also partially searching for Vergulde Draeck visited the area. A small boat that survived the wreckage then sailed to Batavia for help, but a subsequent search party found none of the survivors. Of the 193 on board, only 75 made it to shore. On 28 April 1656, Vergulde Draeck en route to Batavia (now Jakarta) was shipwrecked 107 km (66 mi) north of the Swan River near Ledge Point. He did not land because of heavy surf, and so proceeded northwards without much investigation. His records indicate he first reached the Western Australian coast at latitude 32☂0', which is approximately at Warnbro Sound. Most likely the first visitor to the Swan River area was Frederick de Houtman on 19 July 1619, travelling on the ships Dordrecht and Amsterdam. The first recorded Europeans to sight land where the city of Perth is now located were Dutch sailors.
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