REVISTA

- Despite having been seen since the 16th century by Portuguese
and Spanish seamen, who for strategic reasons had kept their
discovery secret, their written history began only with the
Dutch explorers who saw it in the seventeenth century.
- They, however, implied that the southern land was
uninhabitable and unfit for colonization, thus leaving the way
open for subsequent British expeditions.
- It is the largest coral reef in the world.
- It is located on the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in
northeastern Australia. S
- Extends over about 2,600 kilometers in length, can be
distinguished from space