Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-October 10, 1659) was the greatest of Dutch navigators and explorers. He discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands. He set sail from Batavia on August 14, 1642 with the instructions:
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At the beginning of the voyage, Commander Abel Janszoon Tasman wrote in his journal:
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Upon his safe return to Batavia, Commander Tasman entered in his journal:
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Endnotes:
1603AT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Abel Janszoon Tasman, August 14, 1642, instructions from the Council at Batavia. Robert McNab, ed., Historical Records of New Zealand (HRNZ, Wellington: John Mackay, 1914), 2: pp. 4-13. J.E. Heere, ed., “Abel Janszoon Tasman’s Journal of His Discovery of Van Diemen’s Island and New Zealand in 1642 with Documents Relating to His Exploration of Australia in 1644…” in Sources of Australian History, ed., Manning Clark (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1977). Elizabeth Rogers Kotlowski, Southland of the Holy Spirit-A Christian History of Australia (Christian History Research Institute, 81 Woodward St., Orange, NSW 2800, Australia; Publisher Dr. Graham McLennan, 1994), p. 80.
1603AT002. Abel Janszoon Tasman, August 14, 1642, instructions from the Council at Batavia. Robert McNab, ed., Historical Records of New Zealand (HRNZ, Wellington: John Mackay, 1914), 2: pp. 18, 35. J.E. Heere, ed., “Abel Janszoon Tasman’s Journal of His Discovery of Van Diemen’s Island and New Zealand in 1642 with Documents Relating to His Exploration of Australia in 1644…” in Sources of Australian History, ed., Manning Clark (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1977). Elizabeth Rogers Kotlowski, Southland of the Holy Spirit-A Christian History of Australia (Christian History Research Institute, 81 Woodward St., Orange, NSW 2800, Australia; Publisher Dr. Graham McLennan, 1994), p. 80.
1603AT003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Abel Janszoon Tasman, August 14, 1642, instructions from the Council at Batavia. Robert McNab, ed., Historical Records of New Zealand (HRNZ, Wellington: John Mackay, 1914), 2: pp. 18, 35. J.E. Heere, ed., “Abel Janszoon Tasman’s Journal of His Discovery of Van Diemen’s Island and New Zealand in 1642 with Documents Relating to His Exploration of Australia in 1644…” in Sources of Australian History, ed., Manning Clark (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1977). Elizabeth Rogers Kotlowski, Southland of the Holy Spirit-A Christian History of Australia (Christian History Research Institute, 81 Woodward St., Orange, NSW 2800, Australia; Publisher Dr. Graham McLennan, 1994), p. 80. 1604JE001. John Eliot, 1633, in a letter to Sir Simonds D’Ewes; Manuscript in the British Museum. The Annals of America, 20 vols. (Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968, 1977), Vol. I, p. 130.
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