Person
de Vlamingh, Willem
- Occupation
- Naval officer
Summary
Willem de Vlamingh was a member of the party which undertook a hydrographic survey of the coast of Australia in 1696 and 1697. In 1801 a member of Baudin's expedition, reporting on the west coast of Australia, described the Vlamingh plate.
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Published resources
Books
- Playford, Phillip E., Voyage of Discovery to Terra Australis by Willem de Vlamingh in 1696-97 (Perth: Western Australian Museum, 1998), 113 pp. Details
Book Sections
- van Lohuizen, J., 'Vlamingh, Willem de (fl. 1697)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), p. 556. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020507b.htm. Details
Resources
- 'Vlamingh, Willem de (1640-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1096765. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 16 September 2004