ABEL TASMAN THE EXPLORER...DISCOVER NEW ZEALAND
The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman born in 1603, Abel Tasman spent his career in the service of VOC, The Dutch eastv Indian company, when the Netherlands was Europe's preeminent sea-trading power. In 1634 he was second-in-command of an expedition that reached Formosa(Taiwan) . He also made voyages to Japan in 1641 and to Sumatra in 1642. Later that year, Tasman commanded an expedition to find a fabled "southern land" in the Pacific whose existence had never been verified.
Tasman sighted the west coast of Tasmania on November 24, which he named after Anthony van Diemen, governor of the Dutch east Indies. Intending to sail north,Tasman was blown east by the prevailing winds, and on December 13, he become the first European to see New Zealand's south islands, which he named the Staten land on the mistaken assumption that it was linked to Argentina's Staten Island. Sailing north , one of his ships attacked by the Island Maori Inhabitants, and four of his sailors were killed. Tasman named the spot Murders Bay(Golden Bay).
In 1644,Tasman mapped Australia's northern coast. He settled Batavia and become a wealthy leader of Dutch community---his later life marred only when he was find and demoted for hanging a sailor without trial. He Died in 1659.
The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman born in 1603, Abel Tasman spent his career in the service of VOC, The Dutch eastv Indian company, when the Netherlands was Europe's preeminent sea-trading power. In 1634 he was second-in-command of an expedition that reached Formosa(Taiwan) . He also made voyages to Japan in 1641 and to Sumatra in 1642. Later that year, Tasman commanded an expedition to find a fabled "southern land" in the Pacific whose existence had never been verified.
Tasman sighted the west coast of Tasmania on November 24, which he named after Anthony van Diemen, governor of the Dutch east Indies. Intending to sail north,Tasman was blown east by the prevailing winds, and on December 13, he become the first European to see New Zealand's south islands, which he named the Staten land on the mistaken assumption that it was linked to Argentina's Staten Island. Sailing north , one of his ships attacked by the Island Maori Inhabitants, and four of his sailors were killed. Tasman named the spot Murders Bay(Golden Bay).
In 1644,Tasman mapped Australia's northern coast. He settled Batavia and become a wealthy leader of Dutch community---his later life marred only when he was find and demoted for hanging a sailor without trial. He Died in 1659.
