1.Previous
3.Next

having made any significant contact with the native inhabitants or establishing any trade relations. Tasman continued to serve the Dutch East India Company until his death in 1659.

More than a century later, knowledge from Tasman's expeditions was used by James Cook, leading to exploration and colonization of Australia and New Zealand by the British.

Biography

Early life

Abel Tasman was likely born in 1602 or 1603 in Lutjegast,

1.Previous
3.Next