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If there was a single person who added most to the map of Australia, it would be Matthew Flinders. However, the answer to this question is not that straightforward.
Rough maps of the western and northern coasts were first made by Dutch traders and explorers during the 1500s and 1600s, and they named the unknown land "New Holland". In 1616, Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog accidentally landed on the western coast at Cape Inscription. He was able to give more detailed information on that one corner. Later, in 1697, Dutch sailor Willem de Vlamingh reached New Holland and added more information to the western coastline maps.
Earlier, in January 1688, English sea-captain and pirate, William Dampier, beached his ship on the northwest coast of Australia, at King Sound on the north-west coast of Australia. While the ship was being repaired, Dampier made added to the maps of the northwest coast.
The first to chart the eastern coast was Captain James Cook in 1770, and he named many features along the coast, but did not explore every bay and inlet.
It is generally accepted that the mapping of the entire coastline of Australia was done by Matthew Flinders. Between December 1801 and June 1803, Flinders sailed and charted the entire coastline of Australia. During this time, he filled in some of the information Captain Cook had missed in 1770. Flinders is the one most credited with mapping all of Australia, as he was the first to circumnavigate the continent.
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