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Dirk Hartog was the first confirmed European to sight Western Australia, reaching it in his ship, the Eendracht. On 26 October 1616, he landed at Cape Inscription on the very northernmost tip of the island. Before departing, Hartog left behind a flattened pewter dinner plate, nailed to an oak post and placed upright in a fissure on the cliff top.
The plate bears the inscription:
1616 / DEN 25 OCTOBER IS / HIER AEN GECOMEN HET SCHIP / DEENDRAGHT VAN AMSTERDAM / DE OPPERKOPMAN GILLIS MIBAIS / VAN LVIK SCHIPPER DIRCK HATICHS / VAN AMSTERDAM DE 27 DITO / TE SEIL GEGHM NA BANTVM / DE ONDERKOPMAN JAN STINS / DE OPPERSTVIERMAN PIETER DOOKES / VAN BIL ANNO 1616
The English translation reads:
1616. On the 25th October the ship Eendracht of Amsterdam arrived here. Upper merchant Gilles Miebais of Luick (Liege); skipper Dirck Hatichs (Dirk Hartog) of Amsterdam. On the 27th ditto we sail for Bantum. Under merchant Jan Stins; upper steerman Pieter Doores of Bil (Brielle). In the year 1616.
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