refer to Australia in his prize-winning 1833 short story "MS. Found in a Bottle": In 1851, Herman Melville wrote, in a chapter of his novel Moby-Dick entitled "Does the Whale's Magnitude Diminish? – Will He Perish?": In 1854, another American writer, Henry David Thoreau, used the term New Holland (referring to the territory of the "wild" indigenous Australians) in his book Walden; or, Life in the Woods, in which he writes: See also History of Western Australia Terra Australis European exploration of Australia References European exploration of Australia History of Australia (1788–1850) Exploration of Western Australia English exonyms Archaic English words and phrases Names of places in Australia Maritime history of the Dutch East India Company Dutch exploration in the Age of Discovery 17th century in the Dutch Empire 18th century in the Dutch Empire 17th century in Oceania 18th century in Oceania Early modern Netherlandish cartography Dutch-Australian culture