See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

ABEL JANSZOON See also:

• ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN (c. 1603-1659)

TASMAN (c. 1603-1659)  , the greatest of Dutch navigators, the discoverer of See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania, New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, the See also:

• TONGA, or FRIENDLY ISLANDS (so called by Captain Cook)

Tonga and the See also:

• FIJI
• FIJI (Viii)

Fiji Islands, and the first circumnavigator of See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Lutjegast in See also:

• GRONINGEN

Groningen, about 1603 . In 1634 we first meet with him in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, sailing from See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia (Feb . 18) to See also:

• AMBOYNA (Dutch Ambon)

Amboyna . On the 3oth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1636 he sailed from Batavia for See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home; reached See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1, 1637; started on his return to the East See also:

• APRIL

April 15, 1638; and reappeared at Batavia See also:

• OCTOBER

October I1, 1638 . On the and of See also:

• JUNE

June 1639 See also:

• TASMAN, ABEL JANSZOON (c. 1603-1659)

Tasman, along with See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew (Matthijs Hendricxsen) Quast, was despatched by Antony See also:

• VAN

Van See also:

• DIEMEN, ANTHONY VAN (1593–1645)

Diemen, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the Dutch East Indies (1636-45), on a voyage to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western Pacific, in quest of certain " islands of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver," supposed to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie in the ocean east of See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . On this voyage Tasman and Quast visited the Philippines and improved Dutch knowledge of the east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Luzon; they also discovered and mapped various islands to the north, apparently the Bonin See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago . Sailing on to N. and E. in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search ofthe isles of See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious metals, they ranged about fruitlessly in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Pacific, at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time believing themselves to be 600 Dutch See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles east of Japan . After this the voyage was continued almost constantly westward, but in varying latitudes, reaching as high as 42° N., always without success . On the 15th of October the navigators decided to return, and, after touching at Japan, anchored at the Dutch fortress-station of Zeelandia in See also:

• FORMOSA
• FORMOSA (called Taiwan by the Chinese, and following them by the Japanese, into whose possession it came after their war with China in 1895)

Formosa on the 24th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1639 . After this Tasman was engaged in operations in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian seas (sailing to Formosa, Japan, See also:

• CAMBODIA

Cambodia, Palembang, &c., as a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the service of the Dutch East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company) until 1642, when he set out on his first See also:

• GREAT

great " See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• LAND

Land " expedition . This was planned and organized by Governor Van Diemen, who cherished great schemes for the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the Dutch colonial See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . Several Dutch navigators had already discovered various portions of the north and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coasts of Australia (as in 1605-o6, 1616, 1618-19, 1622, 1627-28, &c.), but Tasman now first showed that this great South Land did not stretch away to the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, but was entirely encircled by See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea within comparatively moderate limits .

Sailing from Batavia, on the 14th of August 1642 with two vessels, the " See also:

• HEEMSKERK, JOHAN VAN (1597—1656)
• HEEMSKERK, MARTIN JACOBSZ (1498-1574)

Heemskerk " and " Zeehaen," and calling at See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 5 to October 8), Tasman sailed first S., then E., almost seven See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks, and on the 24th of November sighted (in 42° 25' S., as he made it) the land which he named Anthoonij van Diemen's landt after Van Diemen, now called Tasmania . He doubled the land, which he evidently did not perceive was an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, See also:

• COASTING

coasting its southern shores, and, See also:

• RUNNING

running up See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

Storm See also:

• BAY

Bay, anchored on the 1st of December in See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry's Bay, on the east coast of Tasmania (in 43° 10' S., according to his reckoning)—so named after See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Frederick Henry of See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau, then the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Dutch See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . There he set up a See also:

• POST

post on which he hoisted the Dutch See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag . Quitting Van Diemen's Land on the 5th of December, Tasman steered' E. for the See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon Islands, and on the 13th of December discovered (in 42° 10' S., as he reckoned) a " high mountainous See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country," which he called Staten landt (" Land of the States," i.e., of Holland, now New Zealand) . Tasman and his company believed the newly discovered land to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• PART

part of the same great See also:

• ANTARCTIC
• ANTARCTIC (Gr. &vri, opposite, and apKTos, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

antarctic See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent as the other Staten landt which Schouten and Lemaire had sighted and named to the east of Tierra del Fuego . Cruising up N.E. along the west coast of the South Island, he anchored on the 18th of December in 40° 50' S., at the entrance of a " wide opening," which he took to be a " See also:

• FINE

fine bay " (See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook's Strait) . He gave the name of Moordenaars (Murderers, now softened to See also:

• MASSACRE

Massacre) Bay to this spot, where several of his men were killed by the natives (December 19) . From Murderers' Bay Tasman sailed S.E. along the south See also:

• SHORE

shore of Cook's Strait, apparently getting into See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind or Tasman Bay, but not discovering the full extent of the strait here dividing New Zealand into two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main islands . Returning westward he then coasted the west See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the North Island, till, on the 4th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1643, he came to the northern extremity of New Zealand, in 34° 35' S . (in his reckoning) . Thence he See also:

• BORE

bore away to N.N.E., at first intending to keep that course for 30° of See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

longitude from North Cape, New Zealand . On the 19th to 25th of January, in 22° 35', 21° 20', and 20° 15' S .

(Tasman's reckonings), he discovered various islands of the Tonga or Friendly See also:

• GROUP

group, especially See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam (Tongatabu), See also:

• MIDDELBURG

Middelburg (Eva), and See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam . Here the See also:

• SHIPS

ships took in See also:

• WATER

water and provisions, which they had not done since leaving Mauritius, and the crews went on shore for the first time since leaving Van Diemen's Land . Rotterdam Island they explored with some care . Thence Tasman steered N. and W., reaching on the 6th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February the eastern part of the Fiji archipelago (in 17° 29' S., by his reckoning), which he called Prince See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William's Islands and Heemskerk's Shoals; on the 22nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March he sighted the islands of Ontong See also:

• JAVA

Java (in 5° 2' S., according to Tasman, and in 159° 30' E., See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich) . On the 1st of April he was near the north-eastern extremity of New See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland (Neu See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg), mistaken by him for a part of New See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea, in 40° 30' S., off a point known to the Spaniards as Cabo S . Maria . Thence he passed westward along the north of New Ireland, New See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, New See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain (Neu Pommern) and New Guinea . He reached the western extremity of New Guinea on the 18th of May; Schouten's Islands were noted to the south of the vessels' course on the 12th of May . Tasman's track, lying between New Guinea and See also:

• HALMAHERA [" great land "; also Jilolo or Gilolo]

Halmahera (Gilolo), then brought him south to See also:

• CERAM (Sirang)

Ceram; he passed through the narrow strait between See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes and Buton on the 27th of May, and arrived at Batavia on the 15th of June 1643 after a ten months' voyage . The materials for an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Tasman's important second voyage in 1644 are scanty, but we know he was instructed to obtain a thorough knowledge of Staten Land and Van Diemen's Land, and to find out " whether New Guinea is a continent with the great Zuidland, or separated by channels and islands," and also " whether the new Van Diemen's Land is the same continent with these two great countries or with one of them." In this voyage Tasman had three ships under his command, the "Li1nmen," " Zeemeeuw " (or " Meeuw "), and " Brak " (or " Bracq ") . His course See also:

• LAY

lay along the south-west coast of New Guinea; he mistook the western opening of Torres Straits for a bay, but explored (and perhaps named) the Gulf of See also:

• CARPENTARIA, GULF OF

Carpentaria: for the first time the coast-See also:

• LINE

line of this great bay was mapped with See also:

• FAIR

fair accuracy . Though preceded by Jansz (1606) and Carstensz (1623) on the east shore of the gulf as See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat as 17° S., Tasman first made known the south, and most of the west, coast .

Beyond this he explored the north and west coasts of Australia as far as 22° S., and established the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute continuity. of all this shore-line of the " Great Known South Continent "; his See also:

• CHART (from Lat. carta, charta, a map)

chart gives soundings for the whole of this coast . Tasman's achievements were coldly received by the Dutch colonial authorities; but on the 4th of October 1644 they rewarded him with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• COMMANDER

commander (he had frequently enjoyed the use of the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title already) . On the and of November 1644 he was also made a member of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice of Batavia . Ile was a member of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee appointed on the 18th of April 1645 to declare a truce between the Dutch East India Company and the See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of Portuguese India . In 1647 he commanded a trading See also:

• FLEET

fleet to See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam, and in 1648 a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war-fleet sent against the Spaniards of the Philippines (May 15, 1648, to January 1649) . By 1653 he had quitted the company's service, but still lived, apparently as one of its wealthiest citizens, in and near Batavia . His will, made the loth of April 1657, seems to have but slightly preceded his See also:

• DEATH

death, which probably happened before October 22, 1659, and certainly before February 5, 1661 . See See also:

• SIEBOLD, CARL THEODOR ERNST VON (1804–1885)
• SIEBOLD, PHILIPP FRANZ VON (1796-1866)

Siebold's See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper in Le Moniteur See also:

• DES

des Indes-Orientales et Occidentales, 1848-49, pt. i. p . 390; the paper on Tasman by C . M . See also:

• DOZY, REINHART PIETER ANNE (182o-1883)

Dozy in Bijdragen tot de See also:

• TAAL

Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie, 5th See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. ii. p . 308; R .

H . See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early Voyages to ... Australia (See also:

• LONDON

London, See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt Society, 1859), especially pp. xciii.-ciii., 43-58 (here are printed the instructions for Tasman and his colleagues on the voyage of 1644) ; G . Collingridge, See also:

• DISCOVERY

Discovery of Australia (See also:

• SYDNEY

Sydney, 1895), especially pp . 238-40, 279-80; and, above all, J . E . Heeres and others, Tasman's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal ... facsimiles of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original MS with ....See also:

• LIFE

life ....of ... . Tasman, &c . (Amsterdam, 1898)—here the Life of Tasman, with its appendices, is separately paged (163 pp.) . See also Aandeel der Nederlanders in de Ontdekking van Australia, 1606-1765 (in Dutch and See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden and London, 1899), especially pp. vi., viii., xii.-xv., 72; the valuable See also:

• SUMMARY

summary of the voyage of 1642-43 in the See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous Account of several See also:

• LATE

late Voyages and Discoveries (beginning with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• NARBOROUGH, SIR JOHN (d. 1688)

Narborough's), London, 1711, with sub-title, Relation of a Voyage ... of Captain See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel See also:

• JANSEN, CORNELIUS (1585-1638)

Jansen Tasman (originally extracted from his See also:

• JOURNALS

journals by See also:

• DIRK

Dirk Rembrantse in Dutch, published in English in Dr See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

Hook's collections) ; also The Discovery of Van Diemen's Land in 1642, by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Baekhouse See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker (See also:

• HOBART
• HOBART, GARRET AUGUSTUS (1844–1899)
• HOBART, JOHN HENRY (1775-1830)

Hobart, 1891) . A draft journal of the voyage of 1642-43, probably made by a- sailor on the expedition, is in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state archives at The See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague .

There are also several copies made from Tasman's See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official journal; the best of these (the original fair copy) is reproduced in Heeres' Tasman's Journal, 1898, noticed above . An original chart of Tasman's, made after the voyage of 1644, has been discovered and is in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Prince See also:

• ROLAND
• ROLAND, LEGEND OF

Roland See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte . Before this discovery reliance was placed on an excellent copy, probably made about 1687, by Captain See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Bowrey (See also:

• ART

art . 12 in the miscell . MS. collection marked 5222 in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum London) . This gives the tracks of both the voyages1642-43 and 1644, and the soundings of the latter . Burgomaster Witsen, of Noord en Oost Tartarye fame (1705), preserved a brief See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of certain observations made in Tasman's voyage of 1644, between 13° 8' and 19° 35' S . (and approximately between 129° 30' and 120° E., Greenwich) . This was translated by A . Dalrymple in his Papua (reprinted in R . H . Major, Early Voyages to ...

Australia, xcviii.-xcix.) . See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson, Diversions of a See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

Prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

Minister (See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1894), p . 311, &c., records that the remembrance of Tasman's visit to the Tonga Islands still remains " fresh to the smallest details " among the natives . (C . R .