Thursday Explorer Question

Well done Ed, Duyfken...3 Points and heading up the points table...:))

2 Points Jedo Well Done!!! Sorry have no lollies :(

It is hard to tell wether Jansz or Janszoon is he correct surname, I'm not sure.

Ernest Favenc says in his book, "The name of the captian of the Duyfhen - the Columbus of the south - has not been preserved."
I guess Jansz (or Janszoon's) records must have been lost until after the book was published in 1888.

If anyone has pictures of Landfall Point, which looks pretty inaccessable by 4WD on Google Earth, or the general area of Albatross Bay, near Weipa Queensland, please put them up.

Cheers
Alan

thanks for the question i thought it was over in WA so I've learnt something new tonight.

Thanks for your contribution cron, and I'm glad you've learnt something new.

This is precisely why I no longer use the Woolies reward card. I found that to get the best discounts the paper voucher is the way to go. I lost quite a few decent discounts because of this and suggest paper is best.

He didn't claim it because he thought it was part of New Guinea.

If he had explored more than the 200 miles or even went around Cape York things may have been different...

Glad he didnt go any further then, we would all have accents like Tony Greig :-))
Dave

Jedo,

I wouldn't be too worried about the 16c credit. The rewards card automatically uses the highest value discount first. So, as long as you have not gone past the 30 day expiry you will get the BIG discount when the card is scanned. Unless, of course, you have two cards and hand in the wrong one!

Kingo

Beyond Capricorn
Trickett, Peter
Publisher: East Street Publications
ISBN-10: 097511459X
ISBN-13: 9780975114599
Series:
Binding: Paperback
Year Published: 2007
Australian Maritime History
In Beyond Capricorn, Peter Trickett challenges the commonly held view that the European discovery of Australia and New Zealand was made first by the Dutch, followed later by Britain’s Captain James Cook. Trickett argues the remarkable claim that in the year 1522 – a century before the Dutch and 250 years before Captain Cook - the Portuguese sailed past Fraser Island and into Botany Bay, around Wilson’s Promontory, and as far as Kangaroo Island before returning to their base in Malacca via the North Island of New Zealand.

Drawing from primary and secondary historical sources, archaeological evidence and stories handed down through Aboriginal oral tradition, Peter Trickett tells a story of espionage, revenge and secret voyages made by the Portuguese to corner the fabulously rich spice trade in the east and find the islands of gold alluded to by Marco Polo. Secret voyages that resulted in the discovery of Australia and New Zealand almost 500 years ago.

Beyond Capricorn is a compelling account of how for a brief moment in the 1520s Australia and New Zealand came close to becoming Portuguese outposts in the southern seas.