Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, best known for his Voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC.
No Life of the first circumnavigator of Australia has hitherto app.
His navigator Fran ois Visscher, and his merchant Isaack Gilsemans, mapped substantial portions of Australia, New Zealand and some Pacific Islands.
He was the first known European explorer to reach the islands of Van Diemen\'s Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand, and to sight the Fiji islands.
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, best known for his Voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC