Journal, translated from the original Dutch by Charles Godfrey Woide : 16420814-16430115

Journal, translated from the original Dutch by Charles Godfrey Woide : Diaries & Journals 16420814-16430115.

Author/creator	Tasman, Abel Janszoon, 1603?-1659 author.
Other author/creator	Woide, Charles Godfrey, 1725-1790, translator.
Other author/creator	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Description	1 online resource
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.exploration.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/NLNZ_MS_2119
Subject(s)	Tasman, Abel Janszoon, 1603?-1659--Diaries. Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820. Australasia--Discovery and exploration --Dutch. Oceania--Discovery and exploration --Dutch.

Summary	Description: Manuscript of the first translation from Dutch into English (made for Sir Joseph Banks) of Tasman's journal from Batavia in 1642-1643. The journal begins as Tasman and his crew set sail from Batavia; the entry for 13 Dec 1642 describes their first sighting of New Zealand. From New Zealand, Tasman continued on to Tonga and Fiji, then returning to Java. The account includes comment on encounters with Maori and other peoples, the plants, coral and animals encountered, navigation, and the expedition's aims.
General note	AMDigital Reference: MS-2119.
Original version	Reproduction of: Journal, translated from the original Dutch by Charles Godfrey Woide 14 Aug 1642-15 Jan 1643.
Location of original	Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand
Copyright note	Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand
Source of description	Description based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018).

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