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Dirk HARTOG (1580 - 1621)


Refer to Wikipedia article on Dirk Hartog

In October 1616 Hartog landed the Eendracht on Dirck Hartog Island on the west coast of Australia. He erected a pewter plate to mark the fact that he had been there.