Abel Tasman Timeline

By rdunne4
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    Abel Tasman was born.

    Abel Tasman was born in the village of Lutjegast in the Netherlands in 1603 in a family of subsistence farmers.
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    First Assiment

    Abel Tasman joined the Dutch East India company and on his first assiment he was sent to Batavia in 1633.
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    Abel Tasman Gaurding

    He spent nine gaurding the South Pacific from pirates and smugglers. He also made several trade missions to Asia Japan Candodia and Formosa.
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    Abel Tasman Had A Mission

    In 1647 Tasman led a mission to the king of Siam his reputation subsequently suffered owing to the way in which he commanded a fleet against the spainiards in 1648-1649
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    Seal the Dutch

    After months at sea seal the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman's diary entry for the 24 November 1642 marks the first.
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    Abel Tasman Discovered

    Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand Tonga Fiji and other Pacific Islands after visiting Tasmania and ironically it was only on a second trip that he located the Australian mainland
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    Despite achievements

    Despite all these achievements his superiors deemed his trips as failures because he did not establish.