| 41. | It is said that the first European to sight the island was Abel Tasman in 1644, although this is now disputed.
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| 42. | In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman got only as far as the beach before being driven away in a bloody skirmish.
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| 43. | She is credited with being almost single-handedly responsible for setting aside land that would eventually be the Abel Tasman National Park.
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| 44. | Subsequently, in 1642, Abel Tasman showed that even New Holland ( Australia ) was separated by sea from any continuous southern continent.
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| 45. | With the help of a Tahitian named Europeans to do so ( after Abel Tasman over a century earlier, in 1642 ).
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| 46. | It was a Dutchman, explorer Abel Tasman, who discovered New Zealand in 1642 and named it after his home province of Zeeland.
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| 47. | When Dutch explorer Abel Tasman first saw New Zealand in 1642, he thought Cook Strait was a bight closed to the east.
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| 48. | New Zealand, first seen by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642, was regarded by some as a part of the continent.
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| 49. | It was named in April 1644 by Abel Tasman for one of his ships on his voyage of exploration along the northern Australian coast.
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| 50. | The name stood until 1642 when Dutch explorer Abel Tasman arrived and changed it to New Zealand in honor of his home in the Netherlands.
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