What did William Dampier call Australia?

Answer 1

He discovered the northern wet part of Australia and landed in Roebuck bay Cygnet bay and shark bay which he named and landed not far from where Dirk Hartog landed 70 years ago.His first ship was in The Cygnet,(a baby swan)1688and second in The Roebuck,1699.He was an English Bucaneer and was well educated.

Answer 2

William Dampier referred to Australia as "New Holland" in many of his accounts of the region. However, Dampier is not the one who named Australia this. It was the early Dutch explorers that first gave the western half of the continent this name.

Answer 3

Dampier was unimpressed by the dry, barren landscape, the lack of water and what he described as the "miserablest people in the world" - the native population. His negative reports led to the delay of England's colonisation of what is now Australia.