Dirk Hartog

Dirk Hartog's plate.

Map of Shark Bay area showing Dirk Hartog Island and Cape Inscription.

Dirk Hartog (30 October 1580, Amsterdam–buried 11 October 1621, Amsterdam^[1]) was a Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's trip was the second European group to land on Australia.

In 1985, he was put on a postage stamp by the Australia Post, which showed one of his ships.^[2]

References

1. Phillip E. Playford, Hartog, Dirk (1580 - 1621) in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.
2. Stamp from Australian stamp.com

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• "History of Dirk Hartog Island". DIRK HARTOG ISLAND - History. Archived from the original on 24 June 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
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