Editing 1606 in science (section)

==Exploration==
* February 26
** Dutch navigator [[Willem Janszoon]] makes the first confirmed sighting of [[Australia]] by a European.
** [[Pedro Fernandes de Queirós]] discovers the [[Pitcairn Islands]].
* March – The Dutch ship ''[[Duyfken]]'', under Captain [[Willem Janszoon]], explores the western coast of [[Cape York Peninsula]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McHugh|first=Evan|title=1606: An Epic Adventure|location=Sydney|publisher=University of New South Wales Press|year=2006|page=20|isbn=978-0-86840-866-8}}</ref>
* May – Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the islands of [[Vanuatu]]; believing them to be Australia, he names them ''{{Lang|es|La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo}}''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Richardson|first=William A. R.|title=Was Australia Charted Before 1606: the Jave la Grande Inscriptions|location=Australia|publisher=Everbest|year=2008|page=20}}</ref>
* October – [[Luís Vaz de Torres]] is the first [[Europe]]an to sail through the [[Torres Strait]].