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Who discovered Australia?

Australia is the world's largest island and smallest continent. Its total area is 7 sq. km - almost the same as the area of the continental United States (with the exception of Alaska). Back in the Middle Ages, there were stories that there was a large continent in the Southern Hemisphere. But no one saw him. People wanted to know what it looks like and who inhabits it. They called it "terra australius incognita", or "unknown southern land".

The first Europeans to visit Australia were the Danes. They discovered it while traveling between the Netherlands and the island of Java, a Danish colony in South Asia. Ships sailing from the Netherlands to Java usually passed around the southern coast of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) and then crossed the Indian Ocean with a westerly wind. Many sailors sailed too far east before turning north towards Java and ending up on the west coast of Australia. Later, the western part of this continent was called New Holland.

In 1642, the Danes sent Captain Abel Tasman to explore what was to the east of the continent. He discovered the island that is now called Tasmania, as well as New Zealand. Later he explored the northern coast of Australia. In 1770, English captain James Cook discovered the east coast of Australia and named it New South Wales. He sailed in Botany Bay near what is now Sydney. In 1788, the first English colony arose near modern Sydney.

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