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… of the main islands of New Zealand. A new biography of Tasman, Abel Janszoon appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand … TASMAN, Abel Janszoon …
… end of the South Island is a bold, cliffed coast facing the Tasman Sea; the northernmost point is called Cape Farewell. … coal is mined at Puponga, 2 miles to the south-east. From Abel Head, a mile east of Puponga, a long curving sandspit – … Both Cape Farewell and Farewell Spit were discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642 and named by Captain Cook when he left …
… Abel Tasman was in the Cook Strait area from 18 until 26 …
… rest of South America by Le Maire Strait. In 1642–43, when Abel Janszoon Tasman sailed along part of the western littoral of New … that Le Maire's Staten Land was not a continent and that Tasman's Staten Landt did not join it. In 1644 Tasman sailed …
… Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act. Arthur's Pass and Abel Tasman Parks were established by the Public Reserves, … by 1952 there were five national parks – Tongariro, Egmont, Abel Tasman, and Arthur's Pass – administered by park …
… Abel Tasman National Park (43,939 acres) contains coastal and elevated bush-clad country along the shores of Tasman Bay and some off-shore islands and reefs. It is a … and glacier ice. The largest glacier is the 18-mile-long Tasman Glacier, which is up to 2 miles wide. Westland …
… first voyage of 1769. It is true that an earlier navigator, Abel Janszoon Tasman, sailed along part of the western coastline a century …
… north-west of Cape Maria van Dieman, was discovered by Abel Tasman on 4 January 1643. He anchored off them on 5 January … of greywacke like that of the peninsula. At the time of Tasman's visit the islands had a Maori population but they …
… shores of Nelson Haven, a sheltered inlet at the head of Tasman Bay separated from the open sea by a natural … fungus disease, insect pest and noxious weed control. Tasman Bay was discovered by the Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, who anchored near its eastern shores at or near …
… Judging from the small piece of coastline charted by Abel Tasman in 1642–43, the latitudes of recognisable …