• The Lioness & Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, 1622

  • Oct 15 2024
  • Length: 14 mins
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The Lioness & Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, 1622

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  • Leeuwin means 'Lioness'. A Dutch Galleon of the Dutch East India Company it charted the South coast of Western Australia in 1622. Leeuwin left Holland bound for the capital of the Dutch East Indies, Batavia (modern day Jakarta, Indonesia) blown off course, the Captain Jan Fransz would encounter Western Australia, and thereafter it would be known as T Landt Van de Leeuwin, 'The Land of the Leeuwin'.
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