The 1705 van Delft expedition to northern Australia: a toponymic perspective

Jan Tent

doi:10.1080/23729333.2019.1699679

The 1705 van Delft expedition to northern Australia: a toponymic perspective

Jan Tent^*

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During the 17th and 18th centuries the Dutch were quite active in exploring the western and northern coastlines of the Great Southland. Of one of these expeditions, conducted by Maerten van Delft in 1705, intelligence is limited and it is infrequently mentioned in the canon of Australia’s exploration. The only extant documents of the expedition are an anonymous manuscript chart and a report of the voyage by two Councillors of the VOC in Batavia. This article provides a brief outline of the voyage, then examines the toponyms and appellations in the report and those on the manuscript chart, endeavours to reconcile the differences between the two, and finally attempts to provide motivations for the names as well as to pinpoint their locations and present-day names.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6-37
Number of pages	32
Journal	International Journal of Cartography
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23729333.2019.1699679
Publication status	Published - 2021

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