Abel Tasman Janzoon, Discoverer New Zealand
Abel Tasman Janzoon, Discoverer New Zealand Abel Tasman is the first known Europeans reached the island of Tasmania and New Zealand. He and his men were able to map pretty much the rest of Australia, New Zealand da Pacific islands they encountered. Abel Tasman is a sailor from the Netherlands, born in Lutjegast, near Groningen, The Netherlands. In addition to sailors, Tasman also an explorer and trader who is famous for his travels in 1642 and 1644. He was the first European to undertake an expedition to find the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania) and New Zealand. His adventures began in 1638 when he signed up to work VOC (Verenigde Oost Indische Compagnie, VOC is a private trading company owned by the Dutch in Indonesia, led by Mr. 16 (call for leaders VOC totaling 16). At that time Indonesia called Dutch-Netherland indie Indies, and Mr. Sixteen position is in the Netherlands. In 1638 he and his wife left the Netherlands to go to Batavia (now Jakarta). From there ...