In 1606 the first European, Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon (1571–1639), visited the westde Torres sailed through the water between Australia and Papua New Guinea later that year.[source?] Only after Dirk Hartog chanced upon the west coast in 1616 did other European vessels visit and map the coast. After sixty more ships visited the coast,[source?] enough was known for a map to be published in 1811. The land was dry because of not much rain; some was a desert. The explorers thought no crops could be grown and so it would be difficult for people to live there. They decided there would be no economic reasons to stay.