John Daniel (ship's captain)
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John Daniel, was an English
sea captain who charted part of the coast of Australia
in 1681 before, William Dampier
sighted the mainland of Australia
in 1688.
A copy of Daniel's chart shows that he sighted the Wallabi Group, off the coast of Western Australia
, in the ship New London. He named it Dangerous Rocks. A printed journal of the voyage has also survived. In it Daniel recorded:
Daniel may also have bestowed the name Maiden's Isle upon what is now known as Rottnest Island
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
sea captain who charted part of the coast of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1681 before, William Dampier
William Dampier
William Dampier was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer...
sighted the mainland of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1688.
A copy of Daniel's chart shows that he sighted the Wallabi Group, off the coast of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, in the ship New London. He named it Dangerous Rocks. A printed journal of the voyage has also survived. In it Daniel recorded:
"With the wind S.W. by W. steering by compass N.E. by E. at 10 a.m. the water was discoloured. A man at the foretop saw a breach rise ahead of us. We put our helm hard a starboard...and weathered the N.W. end of it about half a mile...The breach that we first saw happened to be the northernmost of all, there being several and by our computation [they] are 20 miles in length. Within the breaches, several small white sandy islands were seen, with some bushes on them. A very heavy sea broke against the south part of these shoals. When close to them the mainland was not seen."
Daniel may also have bestowed the name Maiden's Isle upon what is now known as Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island is located off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle. It is called Wadjemup by the Noongar people, meaning "place across the water". The island is long, and at its widest point with a total land area of . It is classified as an A Class Reserve and is managed by the...
.