It is now known as Golden Bay.
Abel Tasman
New Zealand, it is now known as Golden Bay.
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman
Murderer's Bay, in New Zealand, was named by Abel Tasman in 1642 after a bloody conflict between the Maori and Tasman's men. It is now called Golden Bay, and lies near Cook Strait.
Murderer's Bay.
It is now known as Golden Bay.
It is now Golden Bay.
It is now known as Golden Bay.
He called it Murderer's Bay. It is now called Golden Bay.
The Australian island state of Tasmania is named after Tasman. He was the one who first sailed past it, originally naming it Van Diemen's Land. Within Tasmania, there is also the Tasman Peninsula, Tasman Bridge and the Tasman Highway. The Tasman sea lies between Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, places named after Tasman include Tasman Glacier, Tasman Lake, Tasman River, Mt Tasman, Tasman Bay and the Abel Tasman National Park.
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer born in 1603 in the village of Lutjegast, Netherlands.