1610s in archaeology

1610s in archaeology

The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

* 1616: Cape Horn, a sheer, 425-meter (1300-ft) high promontory, where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean merge, is discovered by a Dutch commercial expedition.
* 1616: Dutch explorers map the Delaware River.
* 1619: Frederik de Houtman, in the VOC ship "Dordrecht", and Jacob d'Edel, in another VOC ship "Amsterdam", sighted land on the Australian coast near present day Perth which they called "d'Edelsland".

Excavations

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Finds

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Other events

* 1613: The territory of Kuwait is founded.

Births

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Deaths

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