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Extract uittet journael van Abel Janszoon Tasman bij hem selff int ontdecken van't onbekende Zuijlant gehouden

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Title
Extract uittet journael van Abel Janszoon Tasman bij hem selff int ontdecken van't onbekende Zuijlant gehouden
Subject
Explorers
Voyages and travels
Australia--Description and travel
Tasmania--History
New Zealand--History
Manuscripts, Dutch
Early maps
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Tasman, Abel Janszoon
Creator
Pieter Kornelis Roest and Jan Ernst Heeres
Person
Abel Janszoon
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Date
January 1, 1642
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9O4oZP6n
Series number
D 240
Item number
9O4oZP6n
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Netherlands
Australia
New Zealand
Language
Dutch
English
Description from source
Full title: Abel Tasman journal titled `Extract uittet journael van Abel Janszoon Tasman bij hem selff int ontdecken van't onbekende Zuijlant gehouden', edited with English translation by P. K. Roest, and J.E. Heeres' translation arranged in parallel columns, 1927.

1 volume of textual material, and cartographic material - manuscript copy. The original extract is located in the Mitchell Library at Safe 1/72.

The extract, known as the Huydecoper manuscript, having been in the possession of the Huydecoper van Maarseven en Nigtevecht family for many years, is signed by F.J. Visscher, by whom also the two maps were drawn. The translation by J.E. Heeres was made from a manuscript in the State Archives, Rijks-Archief, at the Hague, and is signed by Tasman. The chief results of the expedition were the discovery of Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji Islands.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Maps
Related resources
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZordn/zPN6lmQBG8dyB
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/ZBA9PKC4/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/ZBA9PKC4/</a></p>