Abel Tasman
Who was Abel Tasman?
Abel Tasman was a Dutch explorer with a curly moustache.
Abel Tasman came to New Zealand looking for a southern continent because it might of
had a lot of minerals.The ships were called the Heemskerk and Zeehaen, they took Abel
Tasman and his crew to New Zealand.
The ships reached golden bay but a fight between the Dutch and the
Maori. One of the Maori’s waka crashed into a Dutch paddle boat. Maori thought that the
dutch were ferries that took women and kids.
Did you know that Abel Tasman nether stepped onto New Zealand. Abel Tasman was the
first eropeun to discover New Zealand.