[DOC] [TLE] Fiji History | Polynesian Cultural Center [PAR] ... their ancestors eventually moved on to Tonga and Samoa. Dutch explorer Abel 
Tasman accidentally discovered Fiji in 1643. British Captain James Cook also... [DOC] [TLE] History of Tonga - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Tonga is recorded since the century after 900 BC, when seafarers 
associated with the Lapita diaspora first settled the islands which now make up 
the Kingdom of Tonga. Along with Fiji and Samoa, the area served as a gateway 
into the rest of the ... On January 21, 1643, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was 
the first... [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, and to sight the Fiji .... 
Following Mercator, Abraham Ortelius also showed BEACH and LVCACH in... [DOC] [TLE] About Fiji - History - Fiji High Commission London [PAR] The first of these discoveries was made in 1643 by the Dutch explorer, Abel 
Tasman ... The first Europeans to land and live among the Fijians were 
shipwrecked ... Before long they had moved further on, colonizing Rotuma to the 
north, and Tonga and Samoa to the east. ... The Indians have also regarded Fiji 
as their home. [DOC] [TLE] Fiji History - Go-Fiji.com [PAR] The first discovery was made in 1643 by a Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman. ... to 
land on Fiji was English navigator Captain James Cook in 1774, and he also ... 
The Fijians had called their land Viti, but the Tongans called it Fisi, and so it 
was... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman | Dutch explorer and navigator | Britannica ... [PAR] Jun 10, 2016 ... Greatest of the Dutch navigators and explorers, who discovered Tasmania, New 
Zealand, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands. ... 1 and Batavia on June 14, 1643, 
completing a 10-month voyage on which only 10 men had died from illness. ... his 
second voyage was also a disappointment to the company because it... [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS - History World [PAR] Interest is maintained in the early 17th century when Dutch ships, sailing to and 
from the ... He chooses for the purpose an experienced navigator, Abel Tasman, 
who is instructed to ... In the process he may also perhaps discover Terra 
Australis. ... Tasman discovers Tonga in January 1643, and the Fiji islands in 
February. [DOC] [TLE] HistoryWorld - Pacific Islands Timeline [PAR] Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan crosses the Pacific in ninety-nine days 
and ... Incognita ('unknown southern land'). 1643. Narrative history in 
HistoryWorld ... reaches yet more islands previously unknown to Europeans  
Tonga and Fiji ... Dutch, beginning a spate of European discovery in the islands 
of the Pacific... [DOC] [TLE] Fiji Culture, Fiji Information, Fiji History, Fiji Facts, Fiji Islands Culture ... [PAR] Specializing in information on fiji island, facts about fiji, fiji info and information on 
fiji. ... The first of these discoveries was made in 1643 by the Dutch explorer, Abel 
... further on, colonizing Rotuma to the north, and Tonga and Samoa to the east... [DOC] [TLE] Fijian History - Waitabu Marine Park [PAR] From Fiji, these people moved on to settle Rotuma, Tonga, and Samoa, and ... 
Prehistorians have found that a volcanic eruption in southern Vanuatu ... yet the 
early Fijians also developed one of the highest material cultures in the Pacific. ... 
The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted the northernmost island of Fiji in 1643, 
but... [DOC] [TLE] European Contact in the South Pacific [PAR] The systematic European exploration of the Pacific was actually a search for terra 
... Jacob Roggeveen's voyage in 1722 also failed to discover the unknown ... 
Tasman, Dutch. Tasmania, New Zealand. 1643. Tasman, Dutch. Tonga, Fiji. 1722
. [DOC] [TLE] Mr. Sullivan's Amazing Race Destination#6 [PAR] They inspired awe amongst the Tongans, and all

Question: This Dutch explorer also discovered Tonga & Fiji in 1643
Answer: Abel Tasman