How did Dirk Hartog become an explorer?

Dirck Hartog, also spelled Dirk Hartog or Dyrck Hartoochz, (flourished 1616), Dutch merchant captain who made the first recorded exploration of the western coast of Australia. Hartog landed (October 1616) and spent three days exploring a desolate offshore island that came to bear his name.

What is an interesting fact about Dirk Hartog?

On 25 October 1616 Dirk Hartog became the first European to set foot on the shores of Western Australia, and only the second to record encountering the Australian continent. Landing on a rugged offshore island (now known as Dirk Hartog Island), he left a pewter plate describing his ship’s arrival and voyage.

Does Dirk Hartog have any siblings?

Dirk had at least three siblings and the family lived in close proximity to Amsterdam’s IJ waterfront.

What did Dirk Hartog discover?

In 1616, Dutch skipper, Dirk Hartog, along with upper-merchant Gillis Miebais, in the ship Eendracht, accidentally discovered what proved to be the west coast of the Unknown South Land while sailing northwards.

What does the Dirk Hartog plate say?

Translation: ‘1697 THE 4 FEBRUARY IS HERE ARRIVED THE SHIP GEELVINCK OF AMSTERDAM, THE COMMANDER AND SKIPPER WILLEM DE VLAMINGH OF VLIELAND, ASSISTANT JOANNES BREMER OF COPENHAGEN; FIRST MATE MICHIL BLOEM OF BISHOPRIC BREMEN.

Who first discovered Australia?

explorer Willem Janszoon
While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606. The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300 km of coastline.

Who found Dirk Hartog’s plate?

explorer Willem de Vlamingh
It is the oldest European object ever found on Australian soil. Eighty years later, in early 1697, the Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh landed on the island and found the Hartog plate, which lay half-buried in sand.

Where is Dirk Hartogs plate now?

Conservation. Hartog’s 1616 dish is housed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, bearing the crack and pitted scars caused by exposure to the harsh elements to which they were subjected. Willem de Vlamingh’s pewter dish is on display at the WA Museum—Shipwreck Galleries in Fremantle.