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¿Quién exploró a Tasmania y Nueva Zelanda?
El navegante holandés Abel Tasman está considerado el descubridor de Nueva Zelanda y Tasmania.
¿Quién fue el que descubrio un nuevo continente?
Cristóbal Colón
De esta manera, el 12 de octubre de 1492 Cristóbal Colón llegó a lo que hoy conocemos como América al encontrarse con las Antillas y desembarcar en la isla de Guanahaní, misma que bautizó con el nombre de San Salvador (posteriormente arribó a los actuales territorios de Santo Domingo y Cuba).
¿Quién descubrió la isla de Tasmania?
Abel Tasman
Tasmania se llama así en honor al explorador y comerciante neerlandés Abel Tasman, quien hizo el primer avistamiento europeo e informó de la isla el 24 de noviembre de 1642.
¿Cuál es la capital de la isla de Tasmania?
HobartTasmania / Capital
Who was Abel Janszoon Tasman?
^ «Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first known European explorer to reach Tasmania and New Zealand and to sight Fiji». robinsonlibrary.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015. ^ a b c «Tasman Journal». Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
What did Abel Tasman discover on his voyage?
Abel Tasman, Dutch navigator who was the first European to sight Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Fiji Islands. On his first voyage (1642–43) Tasman explored the Indian Ocean, Australasia, and the southern Pacific; on his second voyage (1644) he traveled in Australian and South Pacific waters.
Where is Abel Tasman’s Island now?
His discoveries are still honored today as the island of Tasmania and several spots, such as Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand, continue to bear his name. James Backhouse Walker, Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages (Tasmania: Government Printer South Africa, 1896), 8
Where was Abel Tasman born?
Abel Janszoon Tasman was born in the small town of Lutjegast, a northeast province of The Netherlands. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but historians agree that Tasman was born in the year 1603. Very little is known about his family or childhood.