The 'Duyfken' in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, 1606 (1886).Artist: W Mollier

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The 'Duyfken' in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, 1606 (1886). The ship commanded by the Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon, who in 1606 became the first European known to have seen Australia. Wood engraving from 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I', by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886).

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Size: 3383px × 5163px
Location: World,Europe,Netherlands,World,Oceania,Australia
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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