Abel Tasman
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Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company. He was the first European to reach New Zealand, whic
Drawing depicting Tasman, c. 17th century
Coastal drawings of Tasmania, Huijdecoper journal of Abel Tasman, Hessel Gerritsz, 1642
Coastal cliffs of Tasman Peninsula
Chart, NE coast of the South Island, New Zealand, Huijdecoper journal of Abel Tasman, Hessel Gerritsz, 1643
First voyage of James Cook
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The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771. The aims were to observe the 1769 transit of V
Abel Tasman
…Tasman continued to serve the Dutch East India Company until his death in 1659. More than a century later, knowledge from Tasman's expeditions was used by James Cook, leading to exploration and colonization of Australia and New Zealand by the British. Abel Tasman was likely born in 1602 or 1603 in Lutjegast, a village…
Earl of Pembroke, later HMS Endeavour, leaving Whitby Harbour in 1768. By Thomas Luny, dated 1790
View of Endeavour's watering place in the Bay of Good Success, Tierra del Fuego, with natives. Alexander Buchan, January 1769.
Māori war canoe with triangle sail drawn by Herman Spöring during Cook's first voyage to New Zealand in 1769
Cook's landing at Botany Bay (Kamay), 1770