Scroll down and a map shows up with New Guinea connected to Australia but a small missing part on that map shows where in this perspective the Torres Strait could have been.
See also:
The Colonial Warship the Doerga explored northern Australia (1825-1826)
Dutch Explorers in the Gulf of Carpentaria
First contact between the Dutch and the Aboriginal People
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This article is based on detailed historical notes generously provided by the Drijver family, who have preserved accounts shared privately by Robbie (Rob) Drijver in the final years of his life after the expiry of Read more