European exploration of Australia
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title:
European exploration of Australia
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The European exploration of Australia first began in February 1606, when Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed in Cape York Peninsula and on October that year when Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres sailed through, and navigated, Torres Strait islands. Twenty-nine other Dutch navigators explored the western and southern coasts in the 17th century, and dubbed the continent New Holland. Most of the explorers of this period concluded that the apparent lack of water and fertile soil made the regio
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European exploration of Australia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Australia
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2018-04-13T00:43:11Z
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2024-09-08T00:14:24Z
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