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Eendrachtsland or Eendraghtsland was derived from T Landt van d'Eendracht or Land van de Eendracht and was one of the earliest names given for Australia, being in use for 28 years, from 1616 until 1644. In 1616 Dirk Hartog sailed from the west in the Dutch East India Company ship ''Eendracht'' and encountered the west coast of the Australian mainland, meeting it close to the 26th parallel south latitude (26° south) near what is now known as Dirk Hartog Island in Western Australia.〔 name="Heeres-1899"; Justine Van Mourik, “Hartog’s Discovery”, David Pool (ed.), ''Mapping Our World: Terra Incognita to Australia,'' Canberra, National Library of Australia, 2013, p.119.〕 After leaving the island, the ''Eendracht'' sailed in a north-west direction along the West Australian coastline, Hartog charting as he went.〔 He gave this land the name ''T'Landt van d'Eendracht'' or "Eendrachtsland", after his ship, the ''Eendracht'', meaning "Unity".〔 ==Eendrachtsland on the charts== The earliest known appearance of that name on the charts was eleven years later in 1627 on, ''Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht'' ("Chart of the Land of Eendracht"), by Hessel Gerritsz, however the name was in use as early as 1619.〔 The ''Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht'' images are showing that things were done quite differently in the 1620s as the chart is oriented with north to the left and shows the degrees of latitude on the bottom of the chart. Eendrachtsland was first revealed to the world in 1626 on the small world map on the title page of the ''Iournael vande Nassausche Vloot'' (of the Nassau Fleet ). This was the first published map to show any authentic part of the Australian coastline: it shows ''t'Eendracht Land'' as part of a notionally much larger landmass.〔Justine Van Mourik, “Hartog’s Discovery”, David Pool (ed.), ''Mapping Our World: Terra Incognita to Australia,'' Canberra, National Library of Australia, 2013, p.119.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eendrachtsland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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