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Definition of Tasman
1. Noun. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659).
Definition of Tasman
1. Proper noun. A surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tasman
Literary usage of Tasman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"This I found growing in many spots along the Tasman valley—indeed, almost up to
the terminal moraine of THE Tasman VALLEY, ..."
2. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1891)
"The Glaciers of the Tasman Valley. A Lecture by GE MANNERING ; given at the Second
Evening Meeting, 16th January, 1891. THE lecturer began by saying that he ..."
3. The High Alps of New Zealand, Or, A Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes by William Spotswood Green (1883)
"We ascend the Mount Tasman Spur.—Edelweiss.—Bivouac.—Ascent of Mount Cook.
THE southern ridge of Mount Cook having proved impracticable, and as the route to ..."
4. The History of Taranaki: A Standard Work on the History of the Province by Benjamin Wells (1878)
"3;jjf HE DISCOVERY of New Zealand is popularly attributed to VU Abel Jansen
Tasman, a Dutch navigator, who, under a com- t mission from Anthony Van Diemen, ..."
5. New Zealand in Evolution: Industrial, Economic and Political by Guy Hardy Scholefield, William Pember Reeves (1909)
"... II THE FIGHT FOR BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY Discovery by Tasman—The tragedy of ...
There is small reason to believe that Abel Janz Tasman was not the first ..."
6. Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Robert Stout (1908)
"CHAPTER I. Early History of New Zealand—Tasman,—Cook,—Church Mission,—Magistrates
... The islands of New Zealand were first seen by Tasman in; ..."
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