Isla de los Estados is an Argentine island that lies 29 kilometres (18 mi) off the eastern extremity of Tierra del Fuego , from which it is separated by the Le Maire Strait . The island is part of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego , and of the department and city of Ushuaia . It has been declared an "Ecological, Historic, and Tourist Provincial Reserve" (" Reserva provincial ecológica, histórica y turística "), with access limited to tours from Ushuaia.
69-552: Abel Janszoon Tasman ( Dutch: [ˈaːbəl ˈjɑnsoːn ˈtɑsmɑn] ; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer , best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was responsible for the naming of New Zealand , as well as being the namesake for Tasmania . Born in 1603 in Lutjegast , Netherlands, Tasman started his career as
138-625: A bight and named "Zeehaen's Bight". Two names that the expedition gave to landmarks in the far north of New Zealand still endure: Cape Maria van Diemen and Three Kings Islands . ( Kaap Pieter Boreels was renamed Cape Egmont by Captain James Cook 125 years later.) En route back to Batavia, Tasman came across the Tongan archipelago on 20 January 1643. While passing the Fiji Islands Tasman's ships came close to being wrecked on
207-524: A merchant seaman and became a skilled navigator . In 1633, he joined the VOC and sailed to Batavia , now Jakarta, Indonesia. He participated in several voyages, including one to Japan. In 1642, Tasman was appointed by the VOC to lead an expedition to explore the uncharted regions of the Southern Pacific Ocean . His mission was to discover new trade routes and to establish trade relations with
276-675: A century, until the era of James Cook, Tasmania and New Zealand were not visited by Europeans; mainland Australia was visited, but usually only by accident. On 2 November 1644, Abel Tasman was appointed a member of the Council of Justice in Batavia . He went to Sumatra in 1646, and in August 1647 to Siam (now Thailand ) with letters from the company to the King. In May 1648, he was in charge of an expedition sent to Manila to try to intercept and loot
345-534: A cultivation field under ritual protection (tapu) where they believed the Dutch were attempting to land. As the month of this contact, December was at the mid-point of the locally important sweetpotato/kūmara ( Ipomoea batatas ) growing season. Tasman named the area "Murderers' Bay". The expedition then sailed north, sighting Cook Strait , which separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand, and which it mistook for
414-448: A distance) Tasman proved that the small fifth continent was not joined to any larger sixth continent, such as the long-imagined Southern Continent. Further, Tasman's suggestion that New Zealand was the western side of that Southern Continent was seized upon by many European cartographers who, for the next century, depicted New Zealand as the west coast of a Terra Australis rising gradually from the waters around Tierra del Fuego . This theory
483-582: A little stunted vegetation of shrubs. . ." More than twenty years later, the San Juan del Salvamento Lighthouse was inaugurated on 25 May 1884, by Comodoro Augusto Lasserre . It operated until September 1900. The lighthouse, better known as Faro del fin del mundo ("Lighthouse at the end of the world"), is said to have inspired Jules Verne 's novel The Lighthouse at the End of the World (1905). A military prison
552-609: A more north-easterly direction, with the intention of having the Solomon Islands as their destination. On 24 November 1642, Tasman reached and sighted the west coast of Tasmania , north of Macquarie Harbour . He named his discovery Van Diemen's Land, after Antonio van Diemen , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies . Proceeding south, Tasman skirted the southern end of Tasmania and turned north-east. He then tried to work his two ships into Adventure Bay on
621-405: A place on this coast Tiropahi (the place were a large sailing ship was seen). After sailing north then east for five days, the expedition anchored about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the coast off what is now Golden Bay . A group of Māori paddled out in a waka (canoe) and attacked some sailors who were rowing between the two Dutch vessels. Four sailors were clubbed to death with patu . In
690-429: A result of an error in some editions of Marco Polo 's works. The expedition was to use two small ships, Heemskerck and Zeehaen . In accordance with Visscher's directions, Tasman sailed from Batavia on 14 August 1642 and arrived at Mauritius on 5 September 1642, according to the captain's journal. The reason for this was the crew could be fed well on the island; there was plenty of fresh water and timber to repair
759-524: A voyage of exploration to little-charted areas east of the Cape of Good Hope , west of Staten Land (near the Cape Horn of South America) and south of the Solomon Islands . One of the objectives was to obtain knowledge of "all the totally unknown" Provinces of Beach . This was a purported yet non-existent landmass said to have plentiful gold, which had appeared on European maps since the 15th century, as
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#1732772983215828-503: Is characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes in the weather from day to day. Under the Köppen climate classification , despite the vegetation, it would be classified as a mild tundra climate ( ET ), a cold climate with a mean temperature in the warmest month below 10 °C (50.0 °F) with abundant precipitation year-round. The climate of the island is strongly influenced by the subpolar low pressure system which develops around
897-707: Is different from Wikidata Isla de los Estados The island was named after the Netherlands States-General , the Dutch parliament (English: Staten Island , from the Dutch Stateneiland ; Chuainisin in the Yamana language , meaning "land of abundance"; Jaiwesen in the Haush language , meaning "region of cold"; and Kéoin-harri in the Selknam language , meaning "mountain range of
966-412: Is estimated that the island averages around 2,000 mm (79 in) of precipitation per year. However, owing to its relief, precipitation is highly variable across the island. In the eastern parts of the island, it averages 1,400 mm (55 in) based on 4 years of data. Precipitation occurs frequently on the island, averaging 252 days with precipitation. June is the wettest month while October
1035-412: Is the driest. Thunderstorms are very rare. Snow frequently falls during the winter months, averaging 33 days although snow can fall during Autumn and Spring. The island receives high cloud cover throughout the year, with 74% of the days being cloudy. June is the cloudiest month while October is the least cloudy month. Fog is uncommon, averaging only 16 days per year. Similar to the rest of Patagonia ,
1104-514: Is widely believed that the map was produced in Batavia; however, it has also been argued that the map was produced in Amsterdam. The authorship of the map has also been debated: while the map is commonly attributed to Tasman, it is now thought to have been the result of a collaboration, probably involving Franchoijs Visscher and Isaack Gilsemans , who took part in both of Tasman's voyages. Whether
1173-463: The Andes mountain range. It receives around 2,000 mm (79 in) of rain per year. The island is surrounded by minor islands and rocks, the largest being Observatorio island 6.5 km (4.04 mi) north, with an area of 4 km (2 sq mi). At the eastern end of the island is Cape Saint John, a landmark for ships sailing around the island in order to avoid the currents and tides of
1242-584: The Antarctic Circle and the surrounding oceans. Being located between the semi–permanent high pressure cell and the subpolar low (which does not change in intensity through the year and have little seasonal variation), the island is exposed to westerlies throughout the year. Temperatures are low year round but without extreme minimum temperatures. The mean temperature in summer is 8.3 °C (46.9 °F) with mean extremes of 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) and 3.0 °C (37.4 °F) while in winter,
1311-572: The Caleta Lacroix region on the west coast, however, have exposures of the Jurassic- Cretaceous Beauvoir Formation, mainly composed of shales , mudstones , limestones , and graywacke , plus silt, clay, sand and gravel glacial fluvial deposits . There are at least 18 fjords , with associated glacial sediments such as moraines and till , especially prevalent at Cape San Antonio and Cape Colnett on
1380-689: The National Library of Australia acquired from Rex Nan Kivell a portrait purporting to depict Tasman with his wife and stepdaughter, which was attributed to Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp and dated to 1637. In 2018 the painting was exhibited by the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands which identified it as "the only known portrait of the explorer". However, the Netherlands Institute for Art History has instead attributed
1449-591: The 28-year-old became engaged to marry 21-year-old Jannetje Tjaers, of Palmstraat in the Jordaan district of the city. Employed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Tasman sailed from Texel (Netherlands) to Batavia , now Jakarta, in 1633 taking the southern Brouwer Route . While based in Batavia, Tasman took part in a voyage to Seram Island (in what is now the Maluku Province in Indonesia) because
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1656-536: The British. Tasman continued to serve the Dutch East India Company until his death in 1659, leaving behind a legacy as one of the greatest explorers of his time. Abel Tasman was born around 1603 in Lutjegast , a small village in the province of Groningen , in the north of the Netherlands. The oldest available source mentioning him is dated 27 December 1631 when, as a seafarer living in Amsterdam,
1725-742: The Jordaan, but the purchase was cancelled. He was second-in-command of a 1639 expedition of exploration into the north Pacific under Matthijs Quast . The fleet included the ships Engel and Gracht and reached Fort Zeelandia ( Dutch Formosa ) and Deshima (an artificial island off Nagasaki , Japan ). In August 1642, the Council of the Indies , consisting of Antonie van Diemen , Cornelis van der Lijn , Joan Maetsuycker , Justus Schouten, Salomon Sweers , Cornelis Witsen, and Pieter Boreel in Batavia dispatched Tasman and Franchoijs Jacobszoon Visscher on
1794-735: The Le Maire Strait to the west. The only settlement is the Puerto Parry Naval Station, located in a deep and narrow fjord on the northern coast of the island. The naval station, established in 1978, is staffed by a team of four marines on a 45-day rotation. They monitor environmental conservation and ship movements, and provide emergency assistance. The island is mainly composed of the Jurassic Lemaire Formation , composed of tuffs and lavas . The Islas Año Nuevo , Isla Observatoria , and
1863-563: The Melocco Brothers of Annandale, who also worked on ANZAC War Memorial in Hyde Park and the crypt at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney . Sea explorer (Redirected from Sea explorer ) This is a list of maritime explorers . The list includes explorers which had contributed, and continue to contribute to human knowledge of the planet's geography, weather, biodiversity, human cultures,
1932-493: The Pacific Ocean sailing south of the island disproving earlier beliefs that it was part of Terra Australis . On New Year's Day, 1775, Captain James Cook named what is now "Puerto Año Nuevo", "New Year's Port". Seal hunters established a short-lived factory there (1786-1787), but abandoned it after Duke of York wrecked there on 11 September 1787 while bringing supplies. No Europeans are known to have settled on
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2070-551: The Spanish silver ships coming from America, but he had no success and returned to Batavia in January 1649. In November 1649, he was charged and found guilty of having in the previous year hanged one of his men without trial, was suspended from his office of commander, fined, and made to pay compensation to the relatives of the sailor. On 5 January 1651, he was formally reinstated in his rank and spent his remaining years at Batavia. He
2139-507: The bay, Frederick Hendrik Bay, which included the present North Bay, Marion Bay and what is now Blackman Bay. (Tasman's original naming, Frederick Henrick Bay, was mistakenly transferred to its present location by Marion Dufresne in 1772). The next day, an attempt was made to land in North Bay. However, because the sea was too rough, a ship's carpenter swam through the surf and planted the Dutch flag. Tasman then claimed formal possession of
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2208-465: The dangerous reefs of the north-eastern part of the Fiji group. He charted the eastern tip of Vanua Levu and Cikobia-i-Lau before making his way back into the open sea. The expedition turned north-west towards New Guinea and arrived back in Batavia on 15 June 1643. Tasman left Batavia on 30 January 1644 on his second voyage with three ships ( Limmen , Zeemeeuw and the tender Braek ). He followed
2277-548: The discovery of the South land in 1642, Tasman's detailed journal was not published until 1898. Nevertheless, some of his charts and maps were in general circulation and used by subsequent explorers. The journal signed by Abel Tasman of the 1642 voyage is held in the Dutch National Archives at The Hague . Tasman's ten-month voyage in 1642–43 had significant consequences. By circumnavigating Australia (albeit at
2346-470: The east and continued his continent-hunting. Tasman had intended to proceed in a northerly direction but as the wind was unfavourable he steered east. The expedition endured a rough voyage and in one of his diary entries Tasman claimed that his compass was the only thing that had kept him alive. On 13 December 1642 they sighted land on the north-west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, becoming
2415-657: The east coast of South Bruny Island , but he was blown out to sea by a storm. This area he named Storm Bay . Two days later, on 1 December, Tasman anchored to the north of Cape Frederick Hendrick just north of the Forestier Peninsula . On 2 December, two ship's boats under the command of the Pilot, Major Visscher, rowed through the Marion Narrows into Blackman Bay, and then west to the outflow of Boomer Creek where they gathered some edible "greens". Tasman named
2484-436: The evening about one hour after sunset we saw many lights on land and four vessels near the shore, two of which betook themselves towards us. When our two boats returned to the ships reporting that they had found not less than thirteen fathoms of water, and with the sinking of the sun (which sank behind the high land) they had been still about half a mile from the shore. After our people had been on board about one glass, people in
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2622-587: The first Europeans to sight New Zealand. Tasman named it Staten Landt "in honour of the States General " (Dutch parliament). He wrote, "it is possible that this land joins to the Staten Landt but it is uncertain", referring to Isla de los Estados , a landmass of the same name at the southern tip of South America, encountered by the Dutch navigator Jacob Le Maire in 1616. However, in 1643 Brouwer's expedition to Valdivia found out that Staaten Landt
2691-586: The island for more than 200 years. In 1862 Argentine pilot Luis Piedrabuena established a shelter near Port Cook, and built a small seal oil extraction facility on the island. The island is also referenced in Richard Henry Dana Jr. 's book Two Years Before the Mast as the first land they see after leaving San Diego. He describes the land as ". . . bare, broken, and girt with rocks and ice, with here and there, between rocks and broken hillocks,
2760-506: The island is exposed to strong westerly winds. These winds often carry moisture with them, leading to frequent storms. Average wind speeds range from a high of 37 km/h (23 mph) in August to a low of 24 km/h (15 mph) in December. Isla de los Estados is covered with dense low forests of Nothofagus southern beech . The animal life is composed mainly of penguins , orcas , seals , seagulls and cormorants , as well as
2829-538: The land on 3 December 1642. For two more days, he continued to follow the east coast northward to see how far it went. When the land veered to the north-west at Eddystone Point , he tried to follow the coast line but his ships were suddenly hit by the Roaring Forties howling through Bass Strait. Tasman was on a mission to find the Southern Continent not more islands, so he abruptly turned away to
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2898-405: The locals had sold spices to other European nationalities than the Dutch. He had a narrow escape from death when in an incautious landing several of his companions were killed by the inhabitants of the island. By August 1637, Tasman was back in Amsterdam, and the following year he signed on for another ten years and took his wife with him to Batavia. On 25 March 1638 he tried to sell his property in
2967-587: The map shows the Banda Islands , the southern coast of New Guinea and much of the northern coast of Australia. However, the land areas adjacent to the Torres Strait are shown unexamined; this is despite Tasman having been given orders by VOC Council at Batavia to explore the possibility of a channel between New Guinea and the Australian continent. There is debate as to the origin of the map. It
3036-604: The map was produced in 1644 is also subject to debate, as a VOC company report in December 1644 suggested that at that time no maps showing Tasman's voyages were yet complete. In 1943, a mosaic version of the map, composed of coloured brass and marble, was inlaid into the vestibule floor of the Mitchell Library in Sydney. The work was commissioned by the Principal ;Librarian William Ifould , and completed by
3105-624: The mean temperature is 3.3 °C (37.9 °F) with mean extremes of 7.7 °C (45.9 °F) and −4 °C (24.8 °F). Mean temperatures are lower than in Tierra del Fuego but due to the moderating influence of the ocean, extreme minimum temperatures are higher than in Tierra del Fuego. Coastal areas have average temperatures above 0 °C (32.0 °F) in the coldest month while higher altitude locations may average below 0 °C (32.0 °F). Though no reliable records are available, it
3174-474: The native inhabitants. After leaving Batavia, Tasman sailed westward to Mauritius, then south to the Roaring Forties , then eastward, and reached the coast of Tasmania, which he named Van Diemen's Land after his patron . He then sailed north east, and was the first European to discover the west coast of New Zealand, which he named Staten Landt , but later renamed Nieuw Zeeland after the Dutch province of Zeeland . Despite his achievements, Tasman's expedition
3243-421: The north coast. Key fjords on the north coast include Port Hoppner, Port Parry, Port Basil Hall, Port Año Nuevo, Port Cook, and Port San Juan Del Salvamento going east to west. Key fjords on the south coast include Bahía Capitan Cánepa , Port Lobo, Port Vancouver, and Bahía Blossom , going east to west. Cape Kempe on the south coast lies opposite Cape San Antonio. The island has a cold and humid climate and
3312-535: The northern coast of the Australian continent. The Tasman map reveals the extent of understanding the Dutch had of the Australian continent at the time. The map includes the western and southern coasts of Australia, accidentally encountered by Dutch voyagers as they journeyed by way of the Cape of Good Hope to the VOC headquarters in Batavia . In addition, the map shows the tracks of Tasman's two voyages. Of his second voyage,
3381-545: The number of exploratory voyages. A ship sailing from port through familiar seas does not start exploring until terra incognita is sighted, or a new sea is sailed confirming the lack of land — as in the case of James Cook's second voyage, when he could confirm that the Terra Australis land mass did not exist in the regions of the Southern Ocean that he sailed. ^ Newfoundland then part of
3450-401: The painting to Dirck van Santvoort and concluded that the painting does not depict Tasman and his family. The provenance provided from Nan Kivell for the family portrait has been unable to be verified. Nan Kivell claimed that the portrait was passed down through the Springer family – relatives of Tasman's widow – and was sold at Christie's in 1877. However, Christie's records indicate that
3519-411: The point of view of the Dutch East India Company , Tasman's explorations were a disappointment: he had neither found a promising area for trade nor a useful new shipping route. Although Tasman was received courteously on his return, the company was upset that Tasman had not fully explored the lands he found, and decided that a more "persistent explorer" should be chosen for any future expeditions. For over
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#17327729832153588-424: The portrait was not owned by the Springer family or associated with Tasman, and was instead sold as "Portrait of an astronomer" by " Anthonie Palamedes " [sic]. Nan Kivell additionally claimed that the portrait was sold at Christie's a second time in 1941, however no records exist to support this. A survey of portraits of Tasman published in 2019 concluded that the provenance was "either invented by Rex Nan Kivell or by
3657-431: The rest of the fleet in a storm. Almost a century after the Spaniards, the Dutch explorers Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten passed the island on 25 December 1615, naming it Staten Landt . Le Maire and Schouten sailed their ship, Eendracht , through a route south of the Straits of Magellan, a route now called the Le Maire Strait. To his left Le Maire noted the land mass which he called Staten Landt ; he theorized it
3726-435: The roots" ) Prior to European arrival, the island was visited by the Yamana people , who inhabited the islands south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego . The first Europeans to encounter the island were the Spanish naval captain Francisco de Hoces and his crew in 1526. His ship, the San Lesmes , was part of the Spanish Loaísa expedition to the Pacific Ocean. The ship found the island after it had become separated from
3795-414: The ships. Tasman got the assistance of the governor Adriaan van der Stel . Because of the prevailing winds, Mauritius was chosen as a turning point. After a four-week stay on the island, both ships left on 8 October using the Roaring Forties to sail east as fast as possible. (No one had gone as far as Pieter Nuyts in 1626/27.) On 7 November, snow and hail influenced the ship's council to alter course to
3864-523: The south coast of New Guinea eastwards in an attempt to find a passage to the eastern side of New Holland . However, he missed the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia, probably due to the numerous reefs and islands obscuring potential routes, and continued his voyage by following the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria westwards along the north Australian coast. He mapped the north coast of Australia, making observations on New Holland and its people. He arrived back in Batavia in August 1644. From
3933-470: The supervision of Franz Jacobszoon Visscher. The map is also known as the Bonaparte map, as it was once owned by Prince Roland Bonaparte , the great-nephew of Napoleon . The map was completed sometime after 1644 and is based on the original charts drawn during Tasman's first and second voyages. As none of the journals or logs composed during Tasman's second voyage have survived, the Bonaparte map remains as an important contemporary artefact of Tasman's voyage to
4002-475: The time of its discovery, but this attribution was disputed by Dutch art historian Cornelis Hofstede de Groot and Alec Martin of Christie's. In 1985, TMAG curator Dan Gregg stated that "the painter of the life-sized portrait is unknown [...] there is some uncertainty as to whether the portrait is really of Tasman". Held within the collection of the State Library of New South Wales is the Tasman map, thought to have been drawn by Isaac Gilsemans, or completed under
4071-404: The trumpet) play some tunes to them in answer." As Tasman sailed out of the bay he observed 22 waka near the shore, of which "eleven swarming with people came off towards us". The waka approached the Zeehaen which fired and hit a man in the largest waka holding a small white flag. Canister shot also hit the side of a waka. Archaeologist Ian Barber suggests that local Maori were trying to secure
4140-400: The two canoes began to call out to us in gruff, hollow voices. We could not in the least understand any of it; however, when they called out again several times we called back to them as a token answer. But they did not come nearer than a stone's shot. They also blew many times on an instrument, which produced a sound like the moors' trumpets. We had one of our sailors (who could play somewhat on
4209-439: The unnamed art dealer who sold it to Rex Nan Kivell", and that the painting "should therefore not be considered a portrait of Abel Tasman's family". Outside of the Nan Kivell painting, another purported portrait of Tasman was "discovered" in 1893 and eventually acquired by the Tasmanian government in 1976 for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG). The painting is unsigned and was attributed to Bartholomeus van der Helst at
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#17327729832154278-402: Was acquired at an art auction in The Hague in 1862. However, it is unclear if the drawing is of Tasman and its original source is unknown, although it has been said to resemble the work of Dutch engraver Jacobus Houbraken . The drawing has been assessed as having the "most reliable provenance" of any depiction of Tasman with "no strong reason to doubt that the drawing is not genuine". In 1948,
4347-417: Was based on the island from 1896 to 1902. It had to be moved to Tierra del Fuego after being compromised by the strong winds. The island is approximately 65 km (40 mi) long east-west, and 15 km (9 mi) wide, with an area of 534 km (206 sq mi). The island is deeply indented by bays. Its highest point is 823 m (2,700 ft), and is considered to be the last prominence of
4416-421: Was born, there is a museum dedicated to his life and travels. Tasman's life was dramatised for radio in Early in the Morning (1946) a play by Ruth Park . A drawing titled Abel Janssen Tasman, Navigateur en Australie is held by the State Library of New South Wales as part of "a portfolio of 26 ink drawings of 16th and 17th century Dutch admirals, navigators and governor-generals of the VOC". The portfolio
4485-404: Was eventually disproved when Captain Cook circumnavigated New Zealand in 1769. Multiple places have been named after Tasman, including: Also named after Tasman are: His portrait has been on four New Zealand postage stamp issues, on a 1992 5 NZD coin, and on 1963, 1966 and 1985 Australian postage stamps. In the Netherlands, many streets are named after him. In Lutjegast, the village where he
4554-409: Was in good circumstances, being one of the larger landowners in the town. He died at Batavia on 10 October 1659 and was survived by his second wife and a daughter by his first wife. His property was divided between his wife and his daughter. In his will (dating from 1657), he left 25 guilders to the poor of his village, Lutjegast . Although Tasman's pilot, Frans Visscher , published Memoir concerning
4623-430: Was not entirely successful. The encounter with the Māori people on the South Island of New Zealand resulted in a violent confrontation, which left four of Tasman's men dead. He returned to Batavia without having made any significant contact with the native inhabitants or establishing any trade relations. Nonetheless, Tasman's expedition paved the way for further exploration and colonization of Australia and New Zealand by
4692-523: Was perhaps a portion of the great ' Southern Continent .' (The first European name for New Zealand was Staten Landt, the name given to it by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman , who in 1642 became the first European to see the islands. Tasman also assumed it was part of the 'Southern Continent' later known as Antarctica.) The Dutch expedition to Valdivia of 1643 intended to sail through Le Maire Strait but strong winds made it instead drift south and east. The small fleet led by Hendrik Brouwer managed to enter
4761-455: Was separated by sea from the hypothetical Southern Land. Tasman continued: "We believe that this is the mainland coast of the unknown Southland." Tasman thought he had found the western side of the long-imagined Terra Australis that stretched across the Pacific to near the southern tip of South America. On 14 December 1642 Tasman's ships anchored 7 km offshore c. 20km south of Cape Foulwind near Greymouth. The ships were observed by Maori who named
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