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Dirk Hartog

Dirk Hartog
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Dirk Hartog was a 17th-century Dutch mariner and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artefact to record his visit, the Hartog Plate. His name is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochsz.

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  1. Jens MunkJune 3, 1579 – June 28, 1628
  2. António de Andrade1580 – March 19, 1634
  3. Dirk Hartog (this page)1580s – circa 1621
  4. John SmithJanuary 6, 1580 – June 21, 1631
  5. William Baffin1584 – January 23, 1622
  6. John Rolfecirca 1585 – March 20, 1622

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