MAKE A MEME View Large Image Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht (detail showing Houtman Abrolhos and Turtle Dove Shoal).jpg 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 ...
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Keywords: Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht (detail showing Houtman Abrolhos and Turtle Dove Shoal).jpg 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 shows features labelled Fr Houtman's abrolhos and Tortelduyff ; this is significant because it represents the first known use in print of the name of the Houtman Abrolhos although not the first time this archipelago was charted; and because it represents the first known charting of the Turtle Dove Shoal Cropped from the full scan available at Image Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht NLA balanced jpg then colour balanced The original map was published in 1627 Hessel Gerritsz also written Hessel Gerritszoon PD-Art For other versions see Category Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht
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