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Discovery of Tasmania

Name: Discovery of Tasmania – Netherlands factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Netherlands · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1642Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1642

Abel Janszoon Tasman1642

Tasmania · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Names Tasmania Van Diemens Land after the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies

Names involved

Abel Janszoon Tasman

Provenance

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