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Voyage of the Pera and Arnhem to Australia in 1623

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25: 181:(Amboyna) on 21 January 1623 with instructions to undertake treaty negotiations with the "natives of Quey, Aroe and Tenimber", and to further explore "Nova Guinea", particularly the part of Australia sighted and charted by 42: 217:. Persistent attempts by the Dutch to kidnap Wik men provoked aggressive responses and probably led to a skirmish with 200 Wik warriors at the mouth of small river he named as the 426: 89: 61: 68: 75: 57: 421: 416: 406: 82: 361: 261: 108: 186: 411: 46: 285: 396: 336: 203:
After travelling along the south coast of New Guinea, they then made for Cape York Peninsula and the
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was the tenth contact with Australia, as catalogued in the Landings List compiled by the
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crossed the Gulf of Carpentaria, sighting the east coast of
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Letter of Governor-General and Council, 3 January 1624 in
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The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia
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while the ship itself was named after the Dutch city
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Dutch East India Company
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Gulf of Carpentaria
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Australasian Hydrographic Society
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