The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman
Author: Andrew Sharp
Publisher: London : Clarendon P.
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrief references to Aborigines encountered on voyage.
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Abel Janszoon Tasman
Author: James Backhouse Walker
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-09-02
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781537458083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the 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 islands. His navigator Francois Visscher, and his merchant Isaack Gilsemans, mapped substantial portions of Australia, New Zealand and some Pacific Islands. No life of the first circumnavigator of Australia has hitherto appeared in English. Nothing has been accessible to the English reader but an abstract of one voyage and a few lines in biographical dictionaries. This is scarcely surprising, when we consider how careless Tasman's own countrymen have been of his fame. Fifty years ago all that had been printed in his own country consisted of short abstracts of a few voyages, and these were hidden away in bulky collections. Even the date and place of his birth were matter for conjecture .and dispute. Things are somewhat better now."
Early History of New Zealand
Author: Richard Arundell Augur Sherrin
Publisher: Auckland : H. Brett
Published: 1890
Total Pages: 808
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMy Father's Islands
Author: Christobel Mattingley
Publisher: National Library Australia
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 0642277362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is the 1640s and Claesgen lives in Batavia with her stepmother, Jannetje, waiting weeks, and sometimes months, for her father, Abel Tasman, to come back from his sea voyages. When he returns, Tasman delights his young daughter with tales of treacherous oceans and relentless wild weather, hazards of unseen coral reefs and endless days of empty ocean, encountersboth friendly and hostilewith indigenous peoples, murder and theft, and the threat of smugglers and pirates. Inspired by a 1637 painting of the Tasman family by Jacob Cuyp and meticulously researched, My Fathers Islands is a fictional story told through the voice of Claesgen. Tasmans young daughters curiosity about her fathers life takes the reader on his voyage on the unchartered seas of the Pacific Ocean, in the search for unknown lands and new sources of riches for the powerful trading company, the Dutch East India Company. My FathersIslands opens up to children a significant, but little known, part of Australias historythe European discovery of parts of the Unknown South Land by the heroic explorer and navigator, Abel Janszoon Tasman.
Abel Janszoon Tasman His Life And Voyages
Author: James Backhouse Walker
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Published: 2024-01-13
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmbark on an exhilarating journey through the life and adventures of the legendary Abel Janszoon Tasman, meticulously chronicled by James Backhouse Walker. This biographical masterpiece unveils the compelling narrative of a fearless explorer whose voyages shaped the course of history. Walker, with meticulous detail, recounts Tasman's exploits as he navigates uncharted waters, discovering lands that would leave an indelible mark on the world map. From the awe-inspiring landscapes to the encounters with diverse cultures, this literary odyssey captures the spirit of exploration and the indomitable human spirit. Immerse yourself in the triumphs and tribulations of Tasman's life, a tale intricately woven with intrigue and discovery. As history unfolds on the open sea, Walker's narrative skillfully invites readers to chart their course through the unexplored realms of this captivating biography, leaving an enduring imprint on the pages of maritime history.
Aandeel Der Nederlanders in de Ontdekking Van Australie 1606-1765
Author: Jan Ernst Heeres
Publisher:
Published: 1899
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Published by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society in commemoration of the XXVth anniversary of its foundation " Dutch and English on opposite pages Includes index.
Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages
Author: James Backhouse Walker
Publisher:
Published: 1896
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages
Author: James Backhouse Walker
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-11-09
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages" is the biography of Abel Janszoon Tasman, a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644. He was most famous as the first European explorer to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania) and New Zealand and to sight the Fiji Islands.
Below the Convergence
Author: Alan Gurney
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2007-02-27
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780393329049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, science, and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing, and scurvy was a constant threat. With unreliable--often homemade--charts, these intrepid explorers sailed in the stormy waters of the Southern Ocean below the Convergence, that sea frontier marking the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer sub-Antarctic seas. These men were the first to discover and exploit a new continent, which was not the verdant southern island they had imagined but an inhospitable expanse of rock and ice, ringed by pack ice and icebergs: Antarctica.
Ethnography and Encounter
Author: Guido van Meersbergen
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-10-18
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9004471820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe global operations of the East India Companies were profoundly shaped by European perceptions of foreign lands. Providing a cultural perspective absent from existing economic and institutional histories, Ethnography and Encounter is the first book to systematically explore how Company agents’ understandings of and attitudes towards Asian peoples and societies informed institutional approaches to trade, diplomacy, and colonial governance. Its fine-grained comparisons of Dutch and English activities in seventeenth-century South Asia show how corporate ethnography was produced, how it underpinned given modes of conduct, and how it illuminates connections across space and time. Ethnography and Encounter identifies deep commonalities between Dutch and English discourses and practices, their indebtedness to pan-European ethnographic traditions, and their centrality to wider histories of European expansion.
