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In Darwin's Footsteps - Te Waimate Mission
Article by Kim Martins

In Darwin's Footsteps - Te Waimate Mission

The Bay of Islands is a subtropical region in New Zealand's far north and is a popular destination for big-game fishing, sailing, and dolphin watching. It is an area rich in the history of Maori (Māori in their own language) and European...
The Dutch Discovery of Australia
Article by Kim Martins

The Dutch Discovery of Australia

17th-century Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) navigators were the first Europeans to set foot on Australian soil. Although there is a strong theory that the Portuguese explorer, Cristóvão de Mendonça (1475-1532...
Matthew Flinders
Definition by Kim Martins

Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. He was the first person to map the coastal outline of Australia in 1801-1803, following his circumnavigation of the 7.692 million square kilometres (2.96 million square...
Chart of the Malay Archipelago and the Dutch Discoveries in Australia
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Chart of the Malay Archipelago and the Dutch Discoveries in Australia

Chart of the Malay Archipelago and the Dutch discoveries in Australia by Dutch cartographer Hessel Gerritsz (1581–1632).
Charles Darwin
Image by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin

Charles Darwin

This is a portrait of a young Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882 CE) and shows Darwin in the 1830s CE. It was painted in watercolours by George Richmond (1809 - 1896 CE).
First Peoples   Australia
Video by PBS NOVA

First Peoples Australia

When Homo sapiens arrived in Australia, they were, for the first time, truly alone, surrounded by wildly different flora and fauna. How did they survive and populate a continent? There is a close cultural and genetic link between the First...
William Dampier
Definition by Kim Martins

William Dampier

William Dampier (1651-1715) was an English explorer, navigator, and naturalist, who was the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He was also among the first Englishmen to step foot on Australian soil when he sailed into King...
Dutch East India Company
Definition by Kim Martins

Dutch East India Company

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was formed in 1602 by the Staten-Generaal (States General) of the then Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The company was granted a 21-year charter with rights to trade exclusively in Asia and to...
Abel Tasman
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Abel Tasman

Dutch explorer, Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659), who discovered Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania, Australia) in 1642. (National Library of Australia)
A Map of the Southern Continent
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A Map of the Southern Continent

"A complete map of the Southern Continent surveyed by Captain Abel Tasman (1603-1659 CE) and depicted by order of the East India Company in Holland in the Stadt House at Amsterdam, 1774 CE." The map shows the western mainland of Australia...
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