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Abel Janszoon Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman , 1603?-1659, Dutch navigator. In the service of the Dutch East India Company from c.1632 to 1653, he made several trading and exploring voyages in the Pacific and Indian oceans. On a voyage (1639-42) in the N Pacific he visited the Philippines and Taiwan, followed the coast of ... Read more
Anton van Diemen
Anton van Diemen , 1593-1645, Dutch colonial official. As governor-general for the Dutch East India Company in the East Indies after 1636, he captured Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Malacca from the Portuguese. He sent Abel Tasman on exploring voyages. Tasman called an island that he found (1642) Van Diem... Read more
Tasmania
Tasmania , island state (1991 pop. 359,286), 26,383 sq mi (68,332 sq km), SE Commonwealth of Australia. It is separated from Australia by the Bass Strait and lies 150 mi (240 km) south of the state of Victoria. Tasmania includes many offshore islands, among which are Bruny, the Hunter Islands, the ... Read more
exploration
exploration travel to a part of the earth that is relatively unknown to the traveler's culture, historically often motivated by a desire for colonization, conquest, or trade. See also space exploration , geography , and articles on localities, e.g., Africa , Arctic, the , Australia . ... Read more
Fiji
Fiji or Viti , officially Republic of the Fiji Islands, republic made up of a Melanesian island group (2005 est. pop. 893,000), c.7,000 sq mi (18,130 sq km), South Pacific. Suva is the capital. Land Fiji comprises c.320 islands, of which some 105 are inhabited. Viti Levu , the large... Read more
New Zealand
New Zealand , island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington ; the largest city and leading port is Auckland . Land and People New Zealand comprises the North Island a... Read more
Australia
Australia , smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. 20,090,000), 2,967,877 sq mi (7,686,810 sq km). Australia's capital is Canberr... Read more

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Abel Janszoon Tasman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Abel Janszoon Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman (ca. 1603-1659) was a Dutch navigator who discovered Tasmania and New Zealand's South Island and charted the northwest Australian coastline. Abel Tasman was born at Lutjegast near Groningen. After...
Tasman, Abel Janszoon
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea Tasman, Abel Janszoon ( c .1603–59), Dutch navigator . He was born at Lutjegast...Voyages to Terra Australis (1859). Sharp, A. , The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman (1968) .

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Tasman, Abel (Janszoon)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Tasman, Abel (Janszoon) (1603– c. 1659) Dutch navigator. In 1642 he was sent by Anthony van Diemen (1593–1645, the Governor...

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Abel Tasman
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 10/29/1998; 397 words ; Sir, Abel Janszoon Tasman was a great navigator in the 17th century...Grootegast council to place the museum at Abel Tasman's birthplace. The Australian...Museum. ADDO N. MULDERS Snr Chairman, Abel Tasman Statue Trust Nelson, October 22...
Abel Tasman `cruel' and `rather unsavoury'
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 11/9/1998; 391 words ; ...distinguished navigators and admirals. The records, though incomplete, indicate, however, that Abel Janszoon Tasman was not one of that calibre. Tasman was under instructions to look for an imaginary continent in the southern oceans and with his...
First meeting marked by misunderstanding
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 5/16/2009; 700+ words ; When Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman sailed into Golden Bay in 1642, a...mutual cultural misunderstanding. Tasman commanded a Dutch East India Company...for further resources relating to Abel Tasman's encounter with Maori...
First European not welcome
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 12/13/1998; ; 700+ words ; ABEL TASMAN On December 13, 1642, the Dutch navigator...the first European to sight New Zealand TASMAN'S voyage had been ordered by his employer...discover a sea passage to South America. Abel Janszoon Tasman was born in the Netherlands near...
Visit strengthens link with Dutch city
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 10/15/2003; ; 515 words ; ...education exchange between Tasman district and Holland...the European country by Tasman Mayor John Hurley. Mr...enhancing links between Tasman and sister city Grootegast...ago of Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman. Mr Hurley plus...
Time to discard the colonialist shackles
Newspaper article from: The Press; 1/6/2003; 337 words ; ...group studied sediment cores collected from the Tasman Sea. For the Dutch, the Tasman Sea has important spiritual significance...commander of that Dutch voyage of discovery, Abel Janszoon Tasman. If I wanted to apply for further funding...
BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA NEW ZEALAND'S JACKSON BAY IS AN EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/15/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...JACKSON BAY, New Zealand -- The Tasman Sea is an amethyst hand whose thumb...17th-century Dutch explorer, Abel Janszoon Tasman, ever had the pleasure of bathing...country's peaks, flanked by Mount Tasman and Mount Sefton, nearly as tall...
From Aotearoa to New Zealand
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/4/2005; 401 words ; Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659) was a Dutch explorer. His was the first European expedition...further east, and discovered New Zealand, which he named Staten Landt; Tasman believed it was connected to a piece of land south of the tip of South...
Dutch royals on quick Nelson trip
Newspaper article from: The Press; 11/2/2006; ; 493 words ; ...the cavalcade stopped briefly at Nelson's statue of Abel Janszoon Tasman, who charted New Zealand's western coastline in the...the construction of the commemorative bronze statue of Tasman, near Nelson's Tahunanui Beach, said he was delighted...
The Sydney Games; G'day mates!; GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY LESSON.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 9/17/2000; 700+ words ; In 1642 and 1643, Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch sea captain, sailed around the continent of Australia without sighting it. During his voyage, Tasman saw and briefly visited a land mass that he named Van Diemen...