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Biography of Abel Tasman (1602 - 1659)

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Abel Tasman was an experienced and highly skilled explorer, and was the first known European to sight New Zealand. He was also a controversial and colourful character who led an exciting and eventful life.

Abel Janszoon Tasman was born around 1602 in the village of Lutjegast, near Groningen, in the Netherlands. Little is known about Tasman’s early life. His first wife was named Claesgie Heyndrix, and they had a daughter, Claesjen. Claesgie died before 1631, which was when Abel Tasman, ‘widower and sailor’, announced his intention to marry his second wife, Jannetje (Joanna) Tjaerts. Tasman’s second marriage took place in 1632.

Tasman was employed for some years by the Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (VOC), known in English as the United East India Company. In 1634, Tasman was promoted to the rank of first mate of the company’s ship, Weesp. Shortly afterwards, he was promoted to skipper of the ship Mocha. He was sent to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) where he was to patrol the islands against pirates.

In 1637, Tas

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Seafarer, explorer and merchant Abel Janszoon Tasman was the first European to discover Tasmania and confirm Australia as an island continent. Born in the Netherlands around 1602, he was raised and educated in Lutjegast, Gronigen. After bearing him a daughter, his first wife died. He remarried in 1632 and, shortly after, went to sea.

Two years later he became skipper for the Dutch East India Company, patrolling Indonesian waters and skirmishing with smugglers and rebels. At that time sailing was a dangerous occupation, with a high death toll to disease and ships lost due to primitive navigation and uncharted waters.

In 1638, Tasman brought his wife and daughter to settle in Batavia. Five years later he was appointed commander of two small ships, Heemskerck and Zeehaen, to search for the ‘still unexplored’ South and East lands (Australia and South

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Abel Tasman

Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)

For other uses, see Abel Tasman (disambiguation).

Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch:[ˈaːbəlˈjɑnsoːnˈtɑsmɑn]; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was responsible for the naming of New Zealand, as well as being the eponym of Tasmania.

Born in 1603 in Lutjegast, Netherlands, Tasman started his career as a merchant seaman and became a skilled navigator. In 1633, he joined the VOC and sailed to Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia. He participated in several voyages, including one to Japan. In 1642, Tasman was appointed by the VOC to lead an expedition to explore the uncharted regions of the Southern Pacific Ocean. His mission was to discover new trade routes and to establish trade relations with the native inhabitants. After leaving Batavia, Tasman sailed westward to Mauritius, then south to the Roaring Forties, then eastward, and reached the coast of Tasmania, which he named Van D