Tasman

[ taz-muhn; Dutch tahs-mahn ]

noun

1. A·bel Jans·zoon [ah, -b, uh, l , yahn, -sohn], 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.

Tasman

/ ˈtæzmən /

noun

1. TasmanAbel Janszoon16031659MDutchTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Abel Janszoon (ˈabəl ˈjansuːn). 1603–59, Dutch navigator, who discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Tonga and Fiji Islands (1642–43)

Example Sentences

Tasman's account of the natives—Cook's—Labillardière's—Flinders'.

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Port Arthur—one of the penal settlements on Tasman's Peninsula.

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Hamilton mentions that the tradition of Tasman's visit in 1642 was still preserved.

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With the exception of Tasman, in 1642, no European captain had ever visited its shores.

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He stopped this time at Nomouka, called Rotterdam by Tasman.

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