Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)

Abel Janszoon Tasman's journal of his discovery of Van Diemens Land and New Zealand in 1642 : with documents relating to his exploration of Australia in 1644, being ... facsimiles of the original manuscript ... with an English translation ... / to which are added Life and labours of Abel Janszoon Tasman by J.E. Heeres ... and Observations made with the compass on Tasman's voyage by Dr. W. van Bemmelen.

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Abel Tasman

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