Abel Tasman

Question 1

Where was Abel Tasman born?

Answer 1

Lutjegast,Netherlands

Question 2

How many days did it take to get to Tasmania?

Answer 2

46 days

Question 3

What did Abel Tasman name Tasmania?

Answer 3

Van Dieman’s Land

Question 4

How many ships were on Abel Tasmans voyage ?

Answer 4

2 small ships

Question 5

What were the names of Tasmans 2 ships ?

Answer 5

Heemskerck and Zeehaen

Question 6

After New Zealand Tasman also discovered ?

Answer 6

Tonga and Fiji

Question 7

Staten land is also known as ?

Answer 7

New Zealand now

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Question 9

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Question 10

What did Abel Tasman do at Mauritius?

Answer 10

They stopped at Mauritius to regain precious resources and fresh supplies

Question 11

What did Tasman do at Tasmania?

Answer 11

On Tasmania’s west coast the storm which set in made landing impossible

Question 12

What did Tasman do at Tonga and Fiji?

Answer 12

They narrowly escaped being wrecked on Fiji’s coral reefs .

Question 13

What do we call these places nowadays?
A. Van Diemen’s land
B. Batavia
C. Staten Landt
D. Nova Zeelandia
E. Mohua

Answer 13

A. Tasmania
B. Jakarta
C. New Zealand
D. New Zealand
E. Golden Bay

Question 14

What nationality was Abel Tasman ?

Answer 14

Dutch

Question 15

Who was appointed chief pilot of the voyage ?

Answer 15

Franz Jacobszoon Visscher

Question 16

What was the point of the voyage ?

Answer 16

To find out whether any exploitable southern lands existed and whether there was a sea passage across the Pacific to Chile

Question 17

Why was Abel Tasman looking forward to the expedition

Answer 17

Because he would be the first to explore any unexplored land.

Question 18

What was Anthonie Van Dieman expecting from Abel Tasman ?

Answer 18

To find a sea passage from the Pacific to Chile and to find out more about Terra Autralis Incognito

Question 19

What was the problem with the Heemskerck and Zeehaen?

Answer 19

When the 2 small ships tried to land on Tasmania’s west coast a storm made it impossible to land.

Question 20

Who was the first person to spot land [Tasmania] and what did he get as a reward?

Answer 20

Abel Tasman and his reward was to have that land named after him

Question 21

What did the Europeans think the aboriginals were?

Answer 21

Pirates/thiefs

Question 22

How did Abel Tasman’s voyages benefit future explorers?

Answer 22

Abel Tasman’s voyages benefitted future explorers due to mapping out unknown area’s

Question 23

Answer these questions?

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