Captain:Abel Janszoon Tasman
Ship: Limmen, Zeemeeuw, Braq
Voyage Date:1644
Voyage Description: Abel Janszoon Tasman with the vessels Limmen, Zeemeeuw and Braq charts 4000 km of the North Australian coast, but did not find the entrance to Torres Strait. First navigator to have widely circumnavigated the continent.
Events: In 1644 Tasman, with the vessels Limmen, Zeemeeuw and Braq, failed to find an entry to Torres Strait but proceeded into the Gulf of Carpentaria, charting much of its shoreline, Arnhem Land and the Australian north west coast to about 230.5’ S, just south of North West Cape.
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