Did you know that before Tasmania was named Tasmania Abel Tasman Discovered Tasmania and Called it Van Diemen's Land.Did you know many people write Able Tasman But please don't write that its Abel Tasman.
Tasmania
Abel Tasman mapped the southern coast of Tasmania which, at the time, he named Van Diemen's land. He did not realise Tasmania was an island.
One thing that happened to Tasmania after Abel Tasman discovered it was that Tasman named the land "Anthony van Diemen's Land". The island was discovered in the year of 1856.
Yes it is good that Abel Tasman found Tasmania.
The Tasman Sea is not part of Tasmania. It is the sea that lies between Australia and New Zealand and, like Tasmania, is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman.
Abel Tasman discovered and named Van Diemen's land (now Tasmania) in 1642.
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania (at the time he named Van Diemen's land). He also discovered New Zealand and the Fijian islands.
Tasmania has had two different names.Tasmania's original name was Van Diemen's Land and it was named after the Governor of Batavia, Antony Van Diemen.In the mid 1800s, it was renamed after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the first European to discover and land on the island.
Abel Tasman's most notable discoveries were Tasmania, which he named Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand. He believed (incorrectly) that they were both part of the same continent.
His name. Tasmania was called Van Diemen's Land from 1642-1855. Name was changed to Tasmania for Abel Tasman who discovered it in 1642.
The sea on the east coast of Tasmania is the Tasman Sea. Named after explorer Abel Tasman, it lies between Australia and New Zealand.