A party of Hamelin's men discovered a plate, left by Willem de Vlamingh in 1697, which had in turn replaced an earlier plate left by Dirk Hartog in 1616. Hamelin's men initially removed the plate but it was returned on his orders and left intact until a later visit by Louis de Freycinet in 1818.
In 1697, a group of Hamelin's men found a plate left behind by Willem de Vlamingh, which replaced an earlier plate left by Dirk Hartog in 1616. Initially, the men removed the plate but it was later returned to them and remained intact until Louis de Freycinet visited in 1818.