European maritime exploration of Australia

{{See also|Luís Vaz de Torres|William Dampier}}

{{See also|Luís Vaz de Torres|William Dampier}}

[[Image:Capt Dampier's new voyage to New Holland &c in 1699 - Project Gutenberg eText 15675.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|Map of [[William Dampier]]'s 1699 voyage to [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]]]]

[[Image:Capt Dampier's new voyage to New Holland &c in 1699 - Project Gutenberg eText 15675.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|Map of [[William Dampier]]'s 1699 voyage to [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]]]]

Englishman [[William Dampier]] came looking for the ''Tryall'' in 1688, 66 years after it was wrecked{{cite web |last1=Smithsonian Ocean Team |title=William Dampier - The Pirate Who Collected Plants |url=https://ocean.si.edu/human-connections/exploration/william-dampier-pirate-who-collected-plants |website=Ocean |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=4/17/26}}. Dampier was the first Englishman to set foot on the Australian mainland on 5 January 1688, when his ship the ''Cygnet'' was moored in [[King Sound]]. While the ship was being careened he made notes on the fauna and flora and the indigenous peoples he found there. He made another voyage to the region in 1699, before returning to England. He described some of the flora and fauna of Australia, and was the first European to report Australia's peculiar [[Kangaroo|large hopping animals]]. Dampier contributed to knowledge of Australia's coastline through his two-volume publication ''A Voyage to New Holland'' (1703, 1709). His book of adventures, ''A New Voyage around the World'', created a sensation when it was published in English in 1697.William Dampier (1697) ''A New Voyage around the World.'' Reprinted 1937 with an introduction by Sir Albert Gray, President Hakluyt Society. Adam and Charles Black, London. Project Gutenberg [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500461h.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128204232/http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500461h.html|date=28 November 2010}} Though he was briefly marooned on the northwest Australian coast on the trip described in this book, only his second voyage seems to be of importance to Australian exploration.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Englishman [[William Dampier]] came looking for the ''Tryall'' in 1688, 66 years after it was wrecked.{{cite web |last1=Smithsonian Ocean Team |title=William Dampier - The Pirate Who Collected Plants |url=https://ocean.si.edu/human-connections/exploration/william-dampier-pirate-who-collected-plants |website=Ocean |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=April 17, 2026}} Dampier was the first Englishman to set foot on the Australian mainland on 5 January 1688, when his ship the ''Cygnet'' was moored in [[King Sound]]. While the ship was being careened he made notes on the fauna and flora and the indigenous peoples he found there. He made another voyage to the region in 1699, before returning to England. He described some of the flora and fauna of Australia, and was the first European to report Australia's peculiar [[Kangaroo|large hopping animals]]. Dampier contributed to knowledge of Australia's coastline through his two-volume publication ''A Voyage to New Holland'' (1703, 1709). His book of adventures, ''A New Voyage around the World'', created a sensation when it was published in English in 1697.William Dampier (1697) ''A New Voyage around the World.'' Reprinted 1937 with an introduction by Sir Albert Gray, President Hakluyt Society. Adam and Charles Black, London. Project Gutenberg [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500461h.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128204232/http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500461h.html|date=28 November 2010}} Though he was briefly marooned on the northwest Australian coast on the trip described in this book, only his second voyage seems to be of importance to Australian exploration.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

==18th century==

==18th century==