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          To do this, I use a case study of Willem de Vlamingh's expedition of –97, analyzing documents that conveyed perceptions of the fires and fire cul- ture that.

        1. To do this, I use a case study of Willem de Vlamingh's expedition of –97, analyzing documents that conveyed perceptions of the fires and fire cul- ture that.
        2. A fascinating study of Dutch Captain William de Vlamingh's late seventeenth century exploration of the west coast of Australia, here in the first English.
        3. These resources are tailored to the WA Shipwrecks Museum facilitated education program de Vlamingh's Journey: Exploring the Evidence.
        4. Willem de Vlamingh (born ) was the son of Hessel Dirckszoon and Trijntje Cornelis on the island of East-Vlieland in the Netherlands.
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          6. These resources are tailored to the WA Shipwrecks Museum facilitated education program de Vlamingh's Journey: Exploring the Evidence..

          WILLEM De VLAMINGH

          De Vlamingh's log talks about the island as follows: 'I felt great pleasure in admiring the island, which is a very pleasant place.

          Here it seems nature has spared nothing to render this isle delightful above all others I have ever seen. It is well disposed for the support of man, having wood and stone and lime for building houses, and wanting only labourers to cultivate these fine plains where one finds salt in abundance, while the coast swarms with fish.

          There one hears the chatter of birds, which makes these odorous woods resound with their sweet songs.'

          The word 'odorous' is a bit misleading, as in English it tends to mean smelly, De Vlamingh actually meant perfumed.

          Voyage to the Great South Land: Willem de Vlamingh, / edited by Günter Schilder ; translated by C. de Heer.



          Next Vlamingh explored and named the Swan River after the large flocks of black swans which inhabited the area. The original name was actually Swartte Swaane Drift, Black Swan River, (quoted as Swaanerivier in some sources).



          As black swans were unknown in