Lagoon Bay, Marchinbar Island, Wessel Island group.

Описание к видео Lagoon Bay, Marchinbar Island, Wessel Island group.

Marchinbar Island is the largest in the Wessel group and in 1944, Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg was assigned to a forward radar station at Jensen Bay on Marchinbar Island and he discovered nine coins at Djinjan creek immediately south of Jensen Bay. Four of the coins were later identified as Dutch duits dating from 1690 to the 1780s while five with Arabic inscriptions were identified as being from the Kilwa Sultanate of east Africa.

Комментарии

Информация по комментариям в разработке