Tasman

[ taz-muhn; Dutch tahs-mahn ]

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noun

A·bel Jans·zoon [ah, -b, uh, l , yahn, -sohn], 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.

Tasman

/ ˈtæzmən /

TasmanAbel Janszoon16031659MDutchTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Abel Janszoon (ˈabəl ˈjansuːn). 1603–59, Dutch navigator, who discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Tonga and Fiji Islands (1642–43)

Tasman's account of the natives—Cook's—Labillardière's—Flinders'.

Port Arthur—one of the penal settlements on Tasman's Peninsula.

Hamilton mentions that the tradition of Tasman's visit in 1642 was still preserved.

With the exception of Tasman, in 1642, no European captain had ever visited its shores.

He stopped this time at Nomouka, called Rotterdam by Tasman.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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