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
New Zealand
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New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island
Abel Tasman
…and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first European to reach New Zealand, which he named Staten Landt. He also discovered and was the eponym of Tasmania. Likely born in 1602 or 1603 in Lutjegast, Netherlands, Tasman started…
The Waitangi sheet from the Treaty of Waitangi
A meeting of European and Māori residents of Hawke's Bay Province. Engraving, 1863.
Residents of Dunedin celebrate the news of the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
The snow-capped Southern Alps dominate the South Island, while the North Island's Northland Peninsula stretches towards the subtropics.