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The Land of Tasman

  • April 29, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Australia’s state of Tasmania is named after Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first European to “discover” the island. Hired by the Dutch East India Company to extensively explore the Southern Hemisphere, he also came across New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, and Tonga. (Totajla / Shutterstock)

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