Abel Tasman
Dutch explorer
Died when: 56 years 282 days (681 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
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Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch: ['?b?l 'j?nso?n 't?sm?n]; 1603 – 10 October 1659) 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 New Zealand and the islands of Fiji and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania).
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