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Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch: [ˈaːbəl ˈjɑnsoʊn ˈtɑsmɐn]; 1603–1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC (United East India Company). His was the first known European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand, and to sight the Fiji islands. His navigator François Visscher, and his merchant Isaack Gilsemans, mapped substantial portions of Australia, New Zealand and some Pacific Islands.
Abel Tasman was born in 1603 in Lutjegast in what is now the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. In 1633, Tasman went to Batavia in service of the VOC; four years later he was back in Amsterdam. Tasman signed on for another ten years and took his wife along to Batavia. In 1639 Tasman was sent as second in command of an exploring expedition in the north Pacific under Matthijs Quast. His fleet included the ships Engel and Gracht and reached Fort Zeelandia (Dutch Formosa) and Deshima.
In August 1642, the Council of the Indies, consisting of Antonie van Diemen, Cornelis van der Lijn, Joan Maetsuycker, Justus Schouten, Salomon Sweers, Cornelis Witsen, and Pieter Boreel in Batavia despatched Abel Tasman and Franchoijs Visscher on a voyage of which one of the objects was to obtain knowledge of "all the totally unknown provinces of Beach".
RESEARCH ON ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN
وثائقي الجزيرة الوثائقية "دائرة المعارف" الملاح المستكشف ابل تازمن Abel Janszoon Tasman
Early Explorers of Australia
Abel Tasman National Pak in New Zealand
Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand
MS Oosterdam in rough Tasman Sea
Janszoon "Forgive Me, Babe" (Ft. Steve S and JP) by Abel Tasman
The Tasman Sea-Voices de la Luna
Project Janszoon releases the first kakariki into the Abel Tasman National Park
Aerial 1080 operation in the Abel Tasman National Park