. This is an image showing detail of the National Library of Australia's copy of Hessel Gerritsz' 1627 map of the north west coast of Australia entitled 'Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht'. This detail showing a feature in the very bottom left corner of the map, labelled Hier ist Engels schip de Trial vergaen in Iunias, A° 1622 ('Here the English ship Trial was wrecked in June 1622'). This is the first known charting of the Tryal Rocks on a map. The original map was published in Hessel Gerritsz, also written 'Hessel Gerritszoon'. 108 Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht (detail showing Try

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. This is an image showing detail of the National Library of Australia's copy of Hessel Gerritsz' 1627 map of the north west coast of Australia entitled 'Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht'. This detail showing a feature in the very bottom left corner of the map, labelled Hier ist Engels schip de Trial vergaen in Iunias, A° 1622 ('Here the English ship Trial was wrecked in June 1622'). This is the first known charting of the Tryal Rocks on a map. The original map was published in Hessel Gerritsz, also written 'Hessel Gerritszoon'. 108 Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht (detail showing Tryal Rocks)

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