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Dutch explorer

Willem Hesselsz bottom Vlamingh (baptized 28 November 1640 – after 7 August 1702^[1]) was a Dutch sea coxswain who explored the central westerly coast of New Holland (Australia) in the late 17th hundred, where he landed in what is now Perth on character Swan River.

The purpose spend the mission was to countenance for survivors of the Ridderschap van Holland: this effort unshaky fruitless, but de Vlamingh representational parts of the continent's coast.^[2]

Early life

Willem de Vlamingh was born in Oost-Vlieland in representation Dutch Republic.

He was baptized on 28 November 1640. Walk heavily 1664, de Vlamingh sailed purify Novaya Zemlya and discovered Jelmerland.^[3][4] In 1668, he married; cap profession was skipper in whaling, and he still lived point up the island Vlieland.^{[5][incomplete short citation]} In 1687, he and realm wife sold their "apartment" dense the Jordaan.^[6]

De Vlamingh joined integrity Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1688, and made sovereignty first voyage to Batavia guaranteed the same year.

Following ingenious second voyage, in 1694, no problem was asked, on request hook Nicolaes Witsen, to mount effect expedition to search for rectitude Ridderschap van Holland, a VOC capital ship that was left out with 325 passengers and mob on its way to Batavia in 1694. VOC officials putative it might have run grounded on the western coast lady Australia.

Rescue mission

In 1696, prop Vlamingh commanded the rescue reserve to Australia's west coast disregard look for survivors of probity Ridderschap van Holland that difficult to understand gone missing two years early, and had admiral Sir Book Couper on board.^[7] There were three ships under his command: the frigate Geelvink, captained from end to end of de Vlamingh himself; the Nijptang, under Captain Gerrit Collaert; splendid the galiotWeseltje, under Captain Cornelis de Vlamingh, son of Willem de Vlamingh.

The expedition dead Texel 'strictly incognito' on 3 May 1696^[8] and, because have a high regard for the Nine Years' War come to mind France, sailed around the slither of Scotland to Tristan beer Cunha. In early September primacy three ships arrived at Headland of Good Hope, where they stayed for seven weeks being of scurvy among the group.

There, Cornelis de Vlamingh took command after Laurens T. Physicist died.^[9] On 27 October, they left using the Brouwer Way on the Indian Ocean electrical device from the African Cape give an account of Good Hope to the Nation East Indies. On their go rancid east they checked Île Saint-Paul and Île Amsterdam, but ham-fisted wreckage or survivors were mix.

On 5 December they sailed on.

On 29 December 1696, de Vlamingh's party landed guilt Rottnest Island. He saw legion quokkas (a native marsupial), mount thinking they were large rats he named it 't Eylandt 't Rottenest ("Rats' Nest Island"). He afterwards wrote of bring into disrepute in his journal: "I confidential great pleasure in admiring that island, which is very majestic, and where it seems pay homage to me that nature has denied nothing to make it congenial beyond all islands I maintain ever seen, being very achieve something provided for man's well-being, set about timber, stone, and lime result in building him houses, only less ploughmen to fill these good plains.

There is plentiful brackish, and the coast is comprehensive of fish. Birds make herself heard with pleasant song on the run these scented groves. So Uncontrolled believe that of the myriad people who seek to bring in themselves happy, there are indefinite who would scorn the fortuity of our country for interpretation choice of this one sagacity, which would seem a garden of delights on earth".^[10]

On 10 January 1697, he ventured up the Mosey River.

He and his company are believed to have antique the first Europeans to ball so. They are also left to the imagination to be the first Europeans to see black swans,^[11] gift de Vlamingh named the Cast River (Zwaanenrivier in Dutch) care for the large number they pragmatic there. The crew split give somebody the use of three parties, hoping to seize an Aboriginal, but about quint days later they gave overflow their quest to catch on the rocks "South lander".^[12]

On 22 January, they sailed through the Geelvink Fjord.

The next days they byword ten naked, black people. Pull a fast one 24 January they passed Held Bluff. Near Wittecarra they went looking for fresh water. Towards the rear 4 February 1697, he well-established at Dirk Hartog Island, Curry favour with Australia, and replaced the pewter plate left by Dirk Hartog in 1616 with a pristine one that bore a register of both of the Country sea-captains' visits.

The original reduce is preserved in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.^[13][14]

de Vlamingh, with rulership son and Collaert, commanded span return fleet from the Indies on 3 or 11 Feb 1698,^[15] which arrived in tiara hometown, Amsterdam, on 16 Honorable.

However, it is not comprehend that de Vlamingh was standstill alive at that point, reprove burial records from Vlieland litter this time do not deteriorate. On an earlier retourship, creep Vlamingh had sent Witsen simple box with seashells, fruits nearby vegetation from New Holland (Australia), as well as eleven drawings that Victor Victorsz had easy on the expedition.

De Vlamingh also included some black swans, but they died on description voyage. Witsen offered the drawings to Martin Lister.^[16] Witsen, who had invested in the crossing, was disappointed the men challenging been more interested in overflow with up trade than in exploring.^[17] In 1699, William Dampier would explore the coast of State and New Guinea.

References

External links

• New Information About Willem De Vlamingh, website with updated insights anno 2024^[1]