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Abel Tasman

1603 - 1659

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Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch: [ˈaːbəl ˈjɑnsoːn ˈtɑsmɑn]; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first European to reach New Zealand, which he named Staten Landt. He was also the eponym of Tasmania. Likely born in 1602 or 1603 in Lutjegast, Netherlands, Tasman started his career as a merchant seaman and became a skilled navigator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abel Tasman is the 20th most popular explorer (down from 15th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Explorer.

Abel Tasman was a Dutch explorer who was the first European to explore New Zealand. He was born in 1603 and died in 1659.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Abel Tasman ranks 20 out of 498. Before him are Jacques Cartier, Francisco Pizarro, Francis Drake, Robert Falcon Scott, Fridtjof Nansen, and Pedro Álvares Cabral. After him are Vitus Bering, Erik the Red, Xuanzang, Willem Barentsz, Jacques Cousteau, and Juan Sebastián Elcano.

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Among people born in 1603, Abel Tasman ranks 1. After him are Roger Williams, Joseph of Cupertino, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Lennart Torstensson, Fasilides, Adam Olearius, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Aert van der Neer, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1659, Abel Tasman ranks 1. After him are Dara Shukoh, Hyojong of Joseon, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Simon Dach, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Michał Boym, Willem Drost, and Jan Baptist Weenix.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Abel Tasman ranks 21 out of 1,646. Before him are Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), Hugo Grotius (1583), and Pieter Zeeman (1865). After him are Sophia of Hanover (1630), Willem Barentsz (1550), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), M. C. Escher (1898), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Abel Tasman ranks 1. After him are Willem Barentsz (1550), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), and Anthony van Diemen (1593).

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