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… how far this land extended to the east was still unknown. Tasman, Visscher and Gilsemans The man chosen to command the expedition, Abel Janszoon Tasman, was born in the Netherlands. By 1642 … What Tasman saw Which part of the South Island did Abel Tasman actually see when he first sighted land on 13 …
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Part of story: European discovery of New Zealand
… Abel Janszoon Tasman was born, probably in 1602 or 1603, at Lutjegast, … at Amsterdam he married Jannetje (Joanna) Tjaerts, aged 21. Tasman, in service with the Dutch East India Company, was … of the Engel , in which he patrolled until May 1639. Tasman was chosen for the mission on account of his …
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… Abel Tasman National Park Abel Tasman National Park is the smallest of Nelson’s three … Western Tasman Bay …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… The naming of New Zealand Abel Tasman called the land he had discovered Staten Landt, … there was talk of finding ‘a more persistent successor’ to Abel Tasman and Franz Visscher. Nevertheless, they were … Tasman’s achievement …
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Part of story: European discovery of New Zealand
… the ancestors of New Zealand’s Māori people. Long before Tasman and Cook, Māori had a detailed knowledge of the New … no firm evidence of Europeans reaching New Zealand before Abel Tasman in 1642. Although fragmentary information found in … Before Tasman …
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Part of story: European discovery of New Zealand
… interest’. The Dutch connection In 1642 the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman and his men became the first Europeans to discover … with the Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri people in Golden Bay. When Abel Tasman National Park opened 300 years later, Queen …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… After discovering New Zealand in 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman set sail, never to return. This first known European … of New Zealand’s isolation that three centuries after Tasman, these post-war Dutch immigrants were the first …
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… Abel Tasman National Park Abel Tasman National Park (23,703 hectares) is in the north-west …
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Part of story: National parks
… New Zealand did not appear on a world map until 1646, after Abel Tasman’s visit in 1642. There were gaps in his charts, and …
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… from other societies. First sighted by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the country was later mapped by James Cook, the …
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… from it, such as mountains. Name changing In December 1642 Abel Tasman’s two ships were anchored in Golden Bay. Following a … refers to the colour of its sand. Tasman Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who sailed along part of the west coast of New …
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Part of story: Place names
… and their tribes and sub-tribes. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to reach the country, in 1642, … The first Europeans in New Zealand did not use these terms. Abel Tasman described the inhabitants as ‘Indians’, a …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… It was named Murderers' Bay after four of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman’s crew were killed in a skirmish with Māori in 1642. … includes the wider community. Tarakohe A memorial to Abel Tasman stands on a headland near Tarakohe, not far from …
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Part of story: Nelson places
… vessels from the Dutch East India Company’s base in Java, Abel Tasman ventured south in search of fabled riches and fresh … with Māori, land near where he anchored was renamed Abel Tasman National Park. Tasman Glacier and the Tasman Sea …
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Part of story: Dutch
… itself on a changing landscape. New Zealand Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted New Zealand’s western coasts in 1642. Tasman did not circumnavigate the country and he called his …
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Part of story: Place names
… of the National Provincial Championship. Since 2006 the Tasman Makos have represented Nelson–Marlborough in the … of kilometres of tracks and around 100 huts. The Heaphy, Abel Tasman and Travers–Sabine tracks are the best-known. Mt … cave systems. Sea kayaking, especially along the coast of Abel Tasman National Park, boomed in the the 1990s and …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… Abel Tasman The first European ideas about Māori derived from Abel Tasman’s unfortunate encounter in Golden Bay in 1642 when …
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Part of story: European ideas about Māori
… the vegetation was not fully protected for many years. Abel Tasman National Park In 1942 Abel Tasman National Park was set up west of Nelson after …
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Part of story: National parks
… Abel Tasman From the 16th century, world maps often showed an … the known land in the north. In 1642 the Dutch seafarer Abel Janszoon Tasman was sent by the Dutch East India Company to find this …
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Part of story: Early mapping