[LINK] Australia 400 years old. - Errata

[Tom Koltai]

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> however it was not until Scottish 
> geographer Alexander Dalrymple translated the 
> account into English and published same in a journal in 1610 
> that the world learnt of Australia's discovery.


Apologies:
Dalrymple wasn't alive in 1610, he published his translation of Quiros'
"find" in 1770-71.

The naming of Australia was actually published by Fray Matin de Munilla
in 1610 as the reports published by Quiros were "redacted" by the
Church.