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Dirk Hartog

Dutch explorer

  • Fame53.0
  • Momentum6.4
  • Wikipedia2K
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Lived 1580–1621, aged 41Netherlands
NetherlandsNetherlandsHistorical Figures
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    1580–1621
    Aged 41
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Updated 2026-08-18

Dirk Hartog was a 17th-century Dutch mariner and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artefact to record his visit, the Hartog Plate. His name is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochsz. Explorer Ernest Giles referred to him as Theodoric Hartog. The Western Australian island Dirk Hartog Island is named after Hartog.

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