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Not every zombie sighting has been recorded, but some of the recorded ones go way back before the 1800's.
That was prior to written history so there is no record of the first sighting.
Most sighting point to that direction but diurnal sighting has also been recorded.
The first Europeans to reach Australia's shores, and still maintain records of their visits through the years, were the Dutch. They named the southern continent after their own land of Holland.
Abel Tasman was a Dutch explorer who is credited with the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand and Tasmania. His exploration contributed to the European understanding of the geography of the South Pacific region and paved the way for future exploration and colonization of these areas.
The last recorded sighting of a Tasmanian wolf, more correctly known as a Thylacine, and also as a Tasmanian tiger, was in 1936.
One recorded sighting in Russia.
There was one recorded sighting in 1883, in Mexico.
There was one recorded sighting for this year in Venezuela.
One recorded sighting in 1897 in the United States.
Willem Janszoon, not Dirck Hartog, was the Dutch explorer who explored the Australian coastline in 1606. He was looking for new trading opportunities and a possible passage to the Spice Islands. Janszoon's journey eventually led to the first European sighting of Australia.
The first recorded sighting would probably be by Alexander the Great 329 BC.