2-325-608 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Abel Tasman, 17th century Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, c1870. Tasman is best known for his discovery of Tasmania in 1642. He also was the first European to reach New Zealand and Fiji, and mapped the north coast of Australia in 1644. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870).