[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 .... He named his discovery Van Diemen's Land after 
Antonio van Diemen,... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman | Dutch explorer and navigator | Britannica ... [PAR] Jun 10, 2016 ... Greatest of the Dutch navigators and explorers, who discovered ... and he skirted 
its southern shores, naming it Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). .... to see 
parts of Australia, including the island that is now named for him. [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman - Princeton University [PAR] Legacy of Tasman's name: Tasmania (island state of Australia), Tasmanian Devil 
... the Netherlands and the VOC; Tasman named the territory Van Diemen's Land 
... Abel Janszoon Tasman's Journal of His Discovery of Van Diemens Land and ... 
and kept by the wind with our pinnace; we made him plant the said pole with... [DOC] [TLE] European Exploration - 1606 to 1798 by Caitlyn Diamonds on Prezi [PAR] In 1606, dutch explorer, Willem Jansz set sail from Indonesia on the Duyfken ship
. ... him, and the Australian people that live near the coastline are now called 
Torres ... He named his discovery Van Diemen's land. ... On the 29th of June, 
1629, the Batavia ship was shipwrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos islands in 
Western... [DOC] [TLE] early Explorers | Tasmania, Australia | Abel Tasman, James Cook ... [PAR] Tasmania's early explorers include Bligh, Bass, Cook, Furneaux, Tasman, Banks 
and others. ... Anthony Van Diemen, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, 
had appointed ... Tasman sailed from Batavia (Jakarta) 14th August 1642 to the 
island of ... On sailing from Van Diemen's Land Tasman would discover and 
name... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman | NZHistory, New Zealand history online [PAR] The dutch explorer Abel Tasman is officially recognised as the first European to '
discover' ... and South America]', which had been partly discovered by Dutch 
mariners. ... of a land that Tasman named Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) 
after the ... The Dutch continued up the west coast of the North Island reaching 
Cape... [DOC] [TLE] The Discovery and Exploration of Australia - Australia For Everyone [PAR] Dutch cartographers named this section of coastline De Witts Land, after him. .... (
1603 - October 10, 1659), was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. ... the 
first known European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now
... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of Australia - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] He discovered and named New Britain (near New Guinuea). ... Dirck Hartog was 
a Dutch explorer who was the first European to chart of the western coast of ... He 
landed in 1616 on a small island now named for him (Dirk Hartog Island). ... then 
in 1806 he commanded a ship to Van Diemen's Land (later called Tasmania). [DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman - Conservapedia [PAR] May 4, 2016 ... Abel Janszoon Tasman (c.1603-1659), Dutch navigator, is known for his ... Indies
, Antony van Diemen, who sent him on a number of voyages of discovery. ... a 
route from the Spice Islands into the Pacific via a passage north of Ceram. ... the 
west coast of what he named Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania. [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. ... Abel 
Janszoon Tasman was born in 1603 in a small village named Lutjegast ... In 
1633, at the age of 30, Abel Tasman signed up with the Dutch ... Tasman's 
instructions were to take possession of all continents and islands 'discovered' in... [DOC] [TLE] Anthony van Diemen, The Man and his Island - New Netherland ... [PAR]

Question: This Dutch explorer discovered & named Van Diemen's Land, an island now named for him
Answer: Abel Tasman