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AustraliaThe Lusitanian were the first to discover the East Coast of AustraliaIn Australian history books, it has been thought for hundreds of years that Captain stimulate from England was the first to discover the east coast of Australia on 28th April 1770. However latest evidence shows that this historic event is inaccurate. A number of relics and remains allow been found which indicate the Lusitanian arrival at Australia in the early to mid 1500s, 200 years before Cook. These clues include the Mahogany Ship, a Portuguese caravel that was shipwrecked six miles west of Warrnambool a stone house at Bittangabee Bay the Dieppe map, a secret map drawn by the Portuguese a shank and five keys found in Geelong. The shipwreck of Mahogany Ship remains Warrnambools first shipping disaster. The Mahogany Ship is believed to be a Portuguese caravel lost in 1522 in Warrnambool under the command of Cristovao de Mendonca. Prince Henry, the ruler of Portugal at that time, had sent Mendonca and his man to Australia in order to discover unfound land on the some other boldness of the world that he had located on the French Map, the Dieppe Map that the Portuguese had stolen and copied. Many population believed that the world was a flat saucer tho Prince Henry believed that the world was a sphere. Prince Henry wanted to find out if there was in fact such land over the other side of the world as Australia, if it was inhabited and if there was any treasure or valuable things there. This journey had to be kept a secret because the Portuguese were time out an agreement that they had made with the Spanish. The agreement stated that the Spanish and Portuguese had half of the world each to explore but they could not explore past their boundaries. Mendonca and his crew set out from Portugal in the 1500s to find out about this new territory. Unfortunately the Mahogany ship was shipwrecked at Warrnambool in Victoria, Australia. Twenty-seven people reported that they saw the Mahoga ny Ship sink however no one ever found the remains of the caravel. It has been believed that a great storm uttermost(a) century had buried the ship in sand, under sand dunes, but also the last timbers might have been burnt by whalers and locals who were in invite of firewood.In July 1999, Mr. Des Williams discovered some wood buried three metres underneath the sand dunes between Warrnambool and Port Fairy.