Abel Janszoon Tasman
1602/1603?–1659?
(Person)
Also known as: Abel Jansen Tasman.
Mariner, explorer, landowner, trader.
Mentioned in
- A compendium of official documents relative to native affairs in the South Island, Volume One.
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. [Vol. II]
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- A year among the Maoris: study of their arts and customs
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Check to Your King
- Early Wellington
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- From Tasman To Marsden.
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- History of New Zealand
- History of New Zealand. Vol. III.
- La Nouvelle-Zélande
- Letter from John Cawte Beaglehole to his Mother, 12th August, 1926
- Life in Feejee, or, Five Years among the Cannibals
- Moko; or Maori Tattooing
- Murihiku: A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- Some Chapters in the Life and Times of Te Rauparaha
- Some Interesting Occurrences in Early Auckland: City and Provinces
- Sport 15: white horse black dog
- Sport 5: Spring 1990
- Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration. [Vol. III]
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume One]
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume Two]
- The Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1842 to 1892.
- The Life of Captain James Cook
Cited in
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
Image Gallery
.jpg "1. Abel Tasman exchanging for a tiki Alexander Turnbull Library")
.jpg "Portrait of Abel Tasman, his second wife and child by his first wife. — Oil: Size 42″ × 51¾″. — Artist unknown, but probably contemporary")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Abel Janszoon Tasman":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
