Abel Janszoon Tasman (Esprios Classics)

Abel Janszoon Tasman (Esprios Classics)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first known European explorer to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), Fiji and New Zealand. Abel Tasman was born around 1603 in Lutjegast, a small village in the province of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. The oldest available source mentioning him is dated 27 December 1631 when, as a seafarer living in Amsterdam, the 28-year-old became engaged to marry 21-year-old Jannetje Tjaers, of Palmstraat in the Jordaan district of the city.

Book information

ISBN: 9781006967900
Publisher: Blurb, Inc.
Imprint: Blurb
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 102
Weight: 159g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 6mm