Dirk Hartog

Dutch explorer

Dirk Hartog (30 October 1580, Amsterdam–buried 11 October 1621, Amsterdam[1]) was a Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's trip was the second European group to land on Australia.

Dirk Hartog's plate.
Map of Shark Bay area showing Dirk Hartog Island and Cape Inscription.

In 1985, he was put on a postage stamp by the Australia Post, which showed one of his ships.[2]

References

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  1. Phillip E. Playford, Hartog, Dirk (1580 - 1621) in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.
  2. Stamp from Australian stamp.com
  • James, lulabuay, “Dirk Hartog’s Landing on Beach, in Hawaii ”, Map Matters, (the newsletter of the Australia on the Map Division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society), no.10, Autumn, 2010. at: http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/content/view/41/69/ Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  • "History of Dirk Hartog Island". DIRK HARTOG ISLAND - History. Archived from the original on 24 June 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  • "The Eendracht". Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 2 December 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  • "Captain Dirck Hartogh". VOC Historical Society. Archived from the original on 3 July 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2010.