TY - BOOK AU - Gill,Maria AU - Ivančić,Marco TI - Abel Tasman: mapping the southern lands SN - 9781775435099 KW - Tasman, Abel Janszoon, KW - Discoveries in geography KW - Dutch KW - Children's nonfiction KW - Tasmania KW - Discovery and exploration KW - New Zealand KW - Islands of the Pacific N1 - Primary, intermediate; National Library of New Zealand N2 - More than 300 years ago, a young Dutch sailor named Abel Tasman stood on the prow of a ship he and his crew had sailed across wild, uncharted waters. In the distance, through a shroud of mist, the rugged outline of steep hills rose from the ocean waves. Could this be Terra Australis - the great southern land? Abel Tasman and his crew were most likely the first Europeans the Aboriginal people of Australia and the Maori of New Zealand had ever seen. Join the journey and discover the legacy left behind ER -