New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-24
Sentimental Geography

Anthony Van Dienen Goyernor ~ Rot.Ss.
mad daughter, whose name was Maria since
she was not only charming and accomplisb ii
l ouC also the only child Of rich papa who was
Governor Of the Dutch East Indies Msr;a:s
image was impressed on mary a heart. and sba
had no lack Of suitors There were great mon
among them; but, with maiden like pervers;ty
mara most favored poor young sailor--a
handsome, dashing fellow, who was very skill
fit in hi9 business, but who had no pockets. or
40 use for any. The young sailors name was
Abel Jansen Tasman. He was devoted to Maria
near and soul, had exchanged pledges with
her' and had brought matters to so serious a
pass, that the proud father determined to mt
the young adventurer quietly and eourteously
Out Oh signt the doing SO he took to be q better
and more fatherly course than the institution, of
great family quarrel. That his Maria should
become MRS Tasman he knew very well was
thing not for moment to be thought Of Who
- VT Won MS daughter must have wealth and q
patent of nobility. She was not fit mate for J,
poor sailor. Tasman, however, could be easily
oismlssed y, from dangling after her.
me bataV1an traders had at that time a.
fague hosion that there was vast continent-
an unknown Austra1 land somewhere near the
sou1h = pole and Van Diemen determined to
EN- iasaan out to see about it. If he never
se.ae a.a oaeA ~ Houia not matter; but, at any
rate, he would be certainly long tine rome
van DIemen, therefore, fitted out an exnelition.
and gave to young Tasman the Command of II
Oh the young fellow set, in the wear 1870
and, like an enamored swain as he was. the f;rst
new ground he discovered - a considerable
stretch of land, now forming very well known
English colony--he named after his dear Iove
Van Diemen's Land, and put Miss Van Diemen's
Christian name beside her patronymic, by GIVING
the name Of " Maria to small adjoining island
close to the southeastern extremity of the new
land. That land-Van Diemen's Land-We have
9. q. la.e begun very generally to call after its
dlscoverer, Tasmania
SIohtinumg his journey southwark, the young
sallor vi anenored his ships on the eighteenth Of
pecemoer, IN sheltered bay, which he called
| Moodenare's (Murderer'sl Bav. becausa the na-
tiVes there attacked his ships, and killed three
OF MS men Travelling on, he reached after
some days, the Islands which he called after
the three kings, because he saw them ON tbe feast
OF the Epiphany; and then coming unon New
Zealand from the north, he called It in patri-
otto way after the States of Holland Staten
Land but the extreme northern point of it. a
| fine bold headland jutting out into the IA.
strong as his love, he entitled Cape Maria For
he had gone out resolved not indeed to carve
her name on trunks of trees" but to do his
mistress the same sort of honor ia a way that
would be nobler, manlier, and more enduring
After long and prosperous voyage, graced
ny one or two more discoveries, Tasman came
back to Batavia. He more than earned his
wlfe, for he had won for himself sudden and
nigh renown, court favor, rank and fortune.
Governor Van Diemen got a famous son-in-law,
there was no cross to the rest of the career Of
the comfortable married couple, Abel and Ma
ria Tasman did not make another journey to
New Zealand it remained unvisited until 1863.
when it was re-discovered by Captain Cook,
who very quickly recognized it as portion Of
the land that had been first seen by the love-
lorn sailor.