The coastline around Fowlers Bay was first mapped in 1627 by François Thijssen, a Dutch sea captain.
Later, this ship perished near Pulicat in southeast India on 13 October 1638, though it is unclear if François Thijssen was its captain at the time.
The Great Australian Bight was first encountered by European explorers in 1627, when a Dutch navigator, François Thijssen, sailed along its western margins.
François Thijssen (died 1638), Dutch explorer of the south coast of Australia
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