[DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman - Wikipedia [PAR] Tasmania. On 24 November 1642 Abel Tasman reached and sighted the west coast of Tasmania, north of Macquarie Harbour. He named his discovery Van Diemen's Land after Antonio van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. [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] Abel Janszoon Tasman - Princeton University [PAR] First Expedition (1642): Two ships (Heemskerck and Zeehaen), 110 men ... out of 
Amboina in the Moluccas (Spice Islands) when, in 1639, he was tapped for a ... 
VOC; Tasman named the territory Van Diemen's Land (today's Tasmania), after 
the ... Abel Janszoon Tasman's Journal of His Discovery of Van Diemens Land 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman | NZHistory, New Zealand history online [PAR] The dutch explorer Abel Tasman is officially recognised as the first European to ... 
for smugglers and rebels, in 1642 he was appointed to head an expedition to the 
'still ... 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 Tasman - Project Gutenberg Australia [PAR] In 1642, Anthony Van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, ... 
November, 1642, the west coast of Tasmania, which he named Van Diemen's 
Land. ... was a group of islands--a discovery that was made by Captain Cook in 
1769. [DOC] [TLE] The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land in 1642 [PAR] George Clarke) The French in Van Diemen's Land, and the First Settlement at the 
... the Norfolk Islanders to the Derwent in 1808 Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life 
and ... famous voyage to the Great Southland in 1642--in which he discovered ... 
The islands round about, as many as were known to us, we named in honour of... [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] Tasman discovers New Zealand - Dec 13, 1642 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Tasman discovers New Zealand on Dec 13, 1642. ... Dutch 
navigator Abel Tasman becomes the first European explorer to sight the South ... 
Tasman had named the island Van Diemen's Land, but, like the Tasman Sea 
between .... He wrote 24 mystery novels, 20 of them featuring detective Lew 
Archer. [DOC] [TLE] Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Abel Tasman [PAR] Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 - 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, born in 
... he 'discovered' (from a European perspective) the islands of Van Diemen's ... 
To do so, on his first voyage (1642 to 1643) he sailed from Jakarta (then ... He 
named it Van Diemen's Land, but the English later renamed it after its discoverer. [DOC] [TLE] Abel Janszoon Tasman facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Get information, facts, and pictures about Abel Janszoon Tasman at ... 1603-1659
) was a Dutch navigator who discovered Tasmania and New Zealand's South 
Island and ... "South Land" had any commercial potential, and in 1642, Governor 
General ... From Mauritius he sped east on latitude 44S, discovering Van 
Diemen's... [DOC] [TLE] Abel Tasman - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand [PAR] Feb 8, 2005 ... Tasman sailed from Batavia on 14 August 1642 with 110 men on two ships, ... He 
discovered Tasmania (as it would later be called) on 24

Question: When Abel Tasman discovered this island in 1642, he called it Van Diemen's Land
Answer: Tasmania