Abel Janszoon Tasman A Dutch East India…

November 1642 CE

Abel Janszoon Tasman A Dutch East India Company navigator commanding a two-vessel expedition meant to map “the remaining unknown part of the terrestrial globe in 1642, sails a course too far south and misses Australia completely.

He sails on to discover an island in the southwest which he names Van Diemen’s land, after his boss, empire builder Anton van Diemen, Governor General of the Dutch East India Company.

He stops briefly on the island, thinking it a part of the mainland, and finds it poor and wild with signs of habitation but no visible populace.

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Hobart Tasmania Australia View →

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Abel Janszoon Tasman View →

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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") View →

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Exploration of Oceania, European View → Exploration of Australia, European View →

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Watercraft View → Exploration View →

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