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Discovery of Tonga Islands

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

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

2Records

1643Date range

1Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1643

Abel Janszoon Tasman1643

Tonga Islands · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Discovers Tonga

Abel Janszoon Tasman1643

Tongatapu · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Lands at Tongatapu & names it Amsterdam

Names involved

Abel Janszoon Tasman

Provenance

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