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Three Kings Islands

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Three Kings Islands

Isaac Gilsemans, who sailed with Abel Tasman, drew this picture of the Three Kings Islands. Tasman’s ships anchored off the islands on 5 January 1643, the eve of Epiphany or Three Kings Day, which commemorates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus, 12 days after Christmas.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0105-004

by Isaac Gilsemans

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Early explorers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/19332/three-kings-islands (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.