answersLogoWhite

0

After one of his crewmen saw what looked like tiger tracks on sand when they came ashore, Abel Tasman believed that tigers lived there. These tracks were the tracks of a Thylacine, often incorrectly called the Tasmanian tiger. Tasmanian tigers are marsupials, not tigers.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Is good that Abel Tasman found Tasmania?

Yes it is good that Abel Tasman found Tasmania.


Facts about Abel Tasman?

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.


What did Abel Tasman give to Tasmania?

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.


What did Abel Tasman think lived in Australia?

dinosaurs


Who is is Abel Tasman?

Abel Tasman was a dutch explorer that discovered New Zealand.


When did Abel Tasman find the lands?

Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania and New Zealand in 1642.


Who was Abel J Tasman?

Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer and trader is credited with the discovery of Tasmania and New Zealand.


Did Matthew Flinders find Tasmania?

No. The European discoverer of Tasmania was Abel Tasman.


How is Abel Tasman important?

Because he discovered Tasmania.


What parts of Australia did Abel Tasman map?

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.


What happened to Tasmania after Abel Tasman discovered it?

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.


What does Tamsin mean?

Names with Tasman in them, such as Tasmania, follow from the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman.