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Hartog Plate or Dirk Hartog's Plate is either of two plates, although primarily the first, which were left on Dirk Hartog Island during a period of European exploration of the western coast of Australia prior to European settlement there. The first plate, left by Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog, is the oldest-known artifact of European exploration in Australia still in existence. The subsequent discoveries, comprising three additional visits spanning 200 years, are remarkable considering the extreme isolation of the region. ==Dirk Hartog, 1616== Dirk Hartog was the first confirmed European to see Western Australia, reaching it in his ship, the ''Eendracht''. On 26 October 1616, he landed at Cape Inscription on the very northernmost tip of the island. Before departing, Hartog left behind a dinner plate, nailed to a post and placed upright in a fissure on the cliff top. The plate bears the inscription: " 1616, DEN 25 OCTOBER IS HIER AENGECOMEN HET SCHIP D EENDRACHT Translated into English: On the 25th October, arrived here the ship Eendracht of 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「Hartog Plate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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