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Wikipedia: Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. Tasman is best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC. His was the first known European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands, which he did in 1643.
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![[The Abel Tasman map 1644, also known as the Bonaparte Tasman map]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tasmanmap1644_s.jpg "The Abel Tasman map 1644, also known as the Bonaparte Tasman map")
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