Abel Janszoon Tasman sailed from Batavia under orders from the Governor-General of the Dutch
East Indies, Anthoony van Diemen.
Tasman was in charge of two ships, Heemskirk and Zeehan, and is credited with being the first European to have sighted the island that is now known as Tasmania.
Tasman sighted land on 24 November 1642.
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2004 - THE FATHER OF FREEMASONRY IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND - Max Linton and Murray Yaxley.
