Tasman

Tas·man

T0055500 (tăz′mən, täs′män), Abel Janszoon 1603?-1659. Dutch navigator and explorer who was the first European to sight Tasmania and New Zealand (1642).

Tasman

(ˈtæzmən) n (Biography) Abel Janszoon (ˈabəl ˈjansuːn). 1603–59, Dutch navigator, who discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Tonga and Fiji Islands (1642–43)

Tas•man

(ˈtæz mən)

n. Abel Janszoon, 1602?–59, Dutch explorer.

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Tasman - Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)Abel Janszoon Tasman, Abel Tasman