WA Western Australia Shark Bay.

Map of Shark Bay with three inset maps. On October 25 1616 Dirk Hartog, Captain of the Dutch trading ship “ Eendraght,” landed on what is now known as Cape Inscription on Dirk Hartog Island, becoming the first white man to record his sighting and landing of the Western Australian coast. He erected a post to which he nailed a Pewter Plate recording his visit, then resumed his voyage to Batavia. Insets: Plan de la Baie des Chiens-Marins d’apres les cartes Hollandaises, An 1697? — Plan de la Baie des Chiens-Marins d’apres le Cape. Dampier, An 1699 — Plan de la Baie des Chiens-Marins d’apres le Cape. St. Alouarn, An 1772. Tooley 646