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Abel Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, born in Lutjegast, a village in the province of Groningen, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644, in the service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). His was the first European expedition to reach the islands of Van Daemon's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand. He also mapped substantial portions of Australia. His task was to investigate the country then known as New Holland, now known as Australia, of which the Du -
Dirk Hartog
Dirk Hartog (baptized 30 October 1580, Amsterdam – buried 11 October 1621, Amsterdam was a 17th century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land on Australian soil. He left behind an artifact to record his visit, the Hartog plate. His name is sometimes alternately spelled Dirk Hartog, Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochsz. Ernest Giles referred to him as Theodoric Hertoge Born into a seafaring family, at the age of 30 he received his first ship. -
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On 2 November 1644 Abel Tasman was appointed a member of the Council of Justice at Batavia. He went to Sumatra in 1646, and in August 1647 to Siam (now Thailand) with letters from the company to the King. In May 1648 he was in charge of an expedition sent to Manila to try to intercept and loot the Spanish silver ships coming from America, but he had no success and returned to Batavia in January 1649. In November 1649 he was charged and found guilty of having in the previous year hanged one of -
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Captain James Cook was one of the world’s greatest explorers. He sailed around the world twice and made three Pacific Ocean voyages during the 1760s and 1770s. -
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Having sean only for three long weeks since leving new Zealand, it was a joyous occasion today to hear cries of land From lieutenant Zacharay Hicks. I shall name this part of the coast point Hicks after its discoverer! -
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Captain James Cook FRS RN (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined the British merchant -
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bel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch pronunciation was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. Tasman is 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, which he did in 1643. Tasman, his navigator Visscher, and his merchant Gilsemans also mapped substantia -
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Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, born in Lutjegast[?], a village in the province of Groningen, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644, in the service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company), during which he 'discovered' (from a European perspective) the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand. He also mapped substantial portions of Australia.
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