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Cessation of Dutch explorations--Policy of Dutch East India Company-- Dampier's first voyage to Australia in the CYGNET--His voyage in the ROEBUCK--Cook's voyages--Discovery of New South Wales--Botany Bay--Voyage of the RESOLUTION--Popularity of Cook's VOYAGES.
The Dutch having achieved so much, how was it that they did not complete the discovery of the whole of Australia? Why did the spirit of investigation which had animated Van Diemen flicker out when he was no more? The great Governor-General died in 1645, the year after Tasman's second voyage. The explorer himself lived on till 1659, but he was not again employed in discovery work, nor did he live to see his own brilliant exploits eclipsed by others of his nation.