[DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman - Wikipedia [PAR] Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best 
known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India 
Company (VOC). He was the first known European explorer to reach the islands 
of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand, .... He named his 
discovery Van Diemen's Land after Antonio van Diemen,... [DOC] [TLE] The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land in 1642 [PAR] Title: The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land in 1642 Author: James Backhouse .... 
Then he rounded the South-West Cape, and named the Maatsuyker Islands,... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman - Princeton University [PAR] First Expedition (1642): Two ships (Heemskerck and Zeehaen), 110 men ... 
Legacy of Tasman's name: Tasmania (island state of Australia), Tasmanian Devil 
... out of Amboina in the Moluccas (Spice Islands) when, in 1639, he was tapped 
for a ... Abel Janszoon Tasman's Journal of His Discovery of Van Diemens Land 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman | Dutch explorer and navigator | Britannica ... [PAR] Jun 10, 2016 ... On his first voyage (164243) in the service of the Dutch East. ... and explorers, 
who discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands. .... off the 
southeast coast of what he called Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). [DOC] [TLE] On this day in history: Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania - Australian ... [PAR] Nov 24, 2011 ... On this day in 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman first sighted Van Deimen's 
Land, ... He had discovered what he called Van Diemen's Land. ... the indigenous 
inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land, in ushering their island into the... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman | NZHistory, New Zealand history online [PAR] ... is officially recognised as the first European to 'discover' New Zealand in 1642. 
... for smugglers and rebels, in 1642 he was appointed to head an expedition to 
the ... of a land that Tasman named Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) after the 
... on 4 December and sighted the west coast of the South Island on the 13th. [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Tasman left Djakarta in August 1642 with two ships, the Heemskerk of 60 tons 
and ... From Mauritius he sped east on latitude 44S, discovering Van Diemen's 
Land ... Sent to establish a base in the Tonga Islands in 1644, he failed to find a 
... one land mass, was published by the Public Library of New South Wales in 
1948. [DOC] [TLE] 2.  European discovery of New Zealand  Te Ara Encyclopedia of ... [PAR] Feb 8, 2005 ... By 1642 he already had years of experience sailing in north-west ... would later 
be called) on 24 November, naming it Van Diemen's Land after one of ... South 
Island did Abel Tasman actually see when he first sighted land on... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman (1603-1659): History Class | think-tasmania.com [PAR] Jul 12, 2013 ... The name was later shortened to Van Diemen's Land by the British. ... On 13 
August 1642 he was instructed to find what was believed to be a 'very ... All 
continents and islands, which you shall discover, touch at, and set foot... [DOC] [TLE] History of Tasmania - Lonely Planet Travel Information [PAR] ... to spy Tasmania was Dutch navigator Abel Tasman, who bumped into it in 
1642. He named this new place Van Diemen's Land after the Dutch East Indies' 
governor. ... later: on Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour in 1822, on Maria Island 
in 1825 ... Gold was discovered in the 1870s, fevered prospectors exploring 
much of... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline: Important dates in Tasmanian history - Tasmania Top Ten [PAR] Tasmania is quite large as islands go, and many visitors find that it is ambitious ... 
He named his discovery Van Diemen's Land, after his superior in Batavia. ... on 3 
December 1642 he had a flag

Question: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land
Answer: Abel Tasman