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Abel Tasman, his second wife Jannetie (Joanna) and his daughter Claesjen. A portrait by Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp. Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia.

Tasman's chart of the west coast of New Zealand showing the course his ships followed. Tasman's Journal, Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague.

"The Zeehaen and Heemskerck carried 110 men but were hardly fit to sail, they leaked and their timber was rotting." Detail from Tasman's Journal, Algemeen Rijksarchief The Hague.