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.

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, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 2 (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

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