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Discovery of Australia

Netherlands · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1629–1644Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1629

Francisco Pelsaert1629

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Lands on North Western Australia after his ship the Batavia is wrecked

1644

Abel Janszoon Tasman1644

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Completes a map of the west & north coast of Australia

Names involved

Abel Janszoon TasmanFrancisco Pelsaert

Provenance

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