Madagascar is home to many species that were not known about until around 1679 when Dutch explorers went there.
The written history of Australia began when Dutch explorers first sighted the country in the 17th century.
The same year, another reference to tea in India was recorded, by a different group of Dutch explorers.
Dutch explorers made the first European contact in 1616.
It wasn't hard to imagine how the Dutch explorers felt when they stumbled out of the forest in 1814.
The island was discovered by a Dutch explorer at Easter in 1722.
It was also never colonized (or even returned to) by later Dutch explorers.
But just think, that became impossible when once the Dutch explorer had broken into her tomb.
The site was rediscovered by Dutch explorers in the nineteenth century.
Dutch explorers visited the island a number of times, and there have been at least two recent visits by biologists.