Tasman's Journal: a Chronicle / record source. Covers AD 1642 – 1643, with 62 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Chronicle / record |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Outsider account |
| Years covered | AD 1642 – 1643 |
| Events | 62 events, 26 placed on the map |
| Author | Abel Jansz Tasman |
| Original title | Journal of Abel Jansz Tasman |
Regions: Oceania 51 · Sub-Saharan Africa 6 · Southeast Asia 5
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1642 | Batavia | Tasman sets out from Batavia with two ships, the yacht Heemskerck and the flute Zeehaen; in the evening the Zeehaen runs aground near Rotterdam Island and floats free that night unharmed | Tasman 일지 14 Aug 1642 (절 3) |
| AD 1642 | Anjer (Sunda 해협) | Anchors at 22 fathoms off Anjer in the Sunda Strait and repairs the damaged ship; learns that a galliot from the Netherlands is lying at Cape Banten | Tasman 일지 15 Aug 1642 (절 5) |
| AD 1642 | Prince Islands 앞바다 (순다 해협 서쪽) | Passing the Prince Islands and Krakatau, at noon at 6°20′S, longitude 124° (Tenerife meridian). In the afternoon, 200 miles SWbW of the Sunda Strait, sails to 14°S; then WSW to 20°S, and from there resolves to run due west to Mauritius | Tasman 일지 17 Aug 1642 (절 9) |
| AD 1642 | 인도양 (코코스 제도 경도) | Seeing flocks of birds, estimates that they are at the longitude of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Tasman 일지 21 Aug 1642 (절 17) |
| AD 1642 | Mauritius | On the night of September 4 they sight land, and on the morning of the 5th anchor at Mauritius: latitude 20°, longitude 83°48′ (Tenerife meridian) | Tasman 일지 5 Sep 1642 (절 47) |
| AD 1642 | Mauritius (Mahébourg 인근 정박지) | The Arent enters port and unloads supplies and troops, and reports meeting a French ship at Diego Rodriguez. Governor Van der Stel sends men to the northwest of the island to check whether the French ship means to cut ebony | Tasman 일지 6 Sep 1642 (절 49) |
| AD 1642 | Mauritius (Mahébourg 인근 정박지) | Following Batavia's instructions for separation, calls all captains and mates together to set a rendezvous point, and resolves to collect their opinions in writing | Tasman 일지 10 Sep 1642 (절 57) |
| AD 1642 | Mauritius (Mahébourg 인근 정박지) | Holds a council of the Heemskerck and the Zeehaen and resolves to sail on October 4 | Tasman 일지 26 Sep 1642 (절 97) |
| AD 1642 | Mauritius 남단 (출항) | After several days' delay from headwinds, leaves Mauritius with a northeast wind and sails SSE. The south tip of the island is at 20°12′S, longitude 78°47′ | Tasman 일지 8 Oct 1642 (절 121) |
| AD 1642 | 남인도양 (남위 40°대) | A storm with hail and rain makes them fear the ship cannot hold; the Zeehaen disappears from sight and they wait for it (rejoined on the 25th) | Tasman 일지 24 Oct 1642 (절 153) |
| AD 1642 | 남인도양 (남위 43°) | Seeing seaweed and grass floating, a council resolves to give three pieces of eight and a keg of arrack to the first person to see land or a reef, and posts a constant lookout aloft on the mast | Tasman 일지 27 Oct 1642 (절 159) |
| AD 1642 | 남인도양 (남위 48°28′) | Comparing positions with the captains and mates, obtains an average longitude of 107°25′ and latitude 48°28′S, and makes the council's decision. Seeing seals and tuna, guesses there are islands nearby | Tasman 일지 4 Nov 1642 (절 175) |
| AD 1642 | 남인도양 (남위 48°) | The hydrographer Jacobsz submits a memorandum: based on the globe and charts, follow latitude 44°S east to longitude 150°, then turn north. Since they cannot confer with the Zeehaen, Tasman resolves, by his own ship's council alone, to head northeast to 44–45°S, then east to 150° | Tasman 일지 7 Nov 1642 (절 192) |
| AD 1642 | 남인도양 (남위 43°20′) | At a full council, resolves to head east along about 44°S from the present longitude to 195° (the meridian east of New Guinea on the chart) | Tasman 일지 11 Nov 1642 (절 205) |
| AD 1642 | 태즈메이니아 서쪽 먼 바다 (남위 42°50′) | In the morning, finds the hole for the rudder tiller broken; repairs it by fitting crossbeams on both sides, heading into the wind | Tasman 일지 23 Nov 1642 (절 229) |
| AD 1642 | Van Diemen's Land (태즈메이니아) 서해안 앞바다 | Around 4 p.m., sees very high land for the first time about 10 miles to the east: three high mountains to the west and two to the northeast | Tasman 일지 24 Nov 1642 (절 231) |
| AD 1642 | Van Diemen's Land (태즈메이니아) 서해안 | After a council, at 3 miles offshore they sound 60 fathoms over coral bottom, and at 1 mile fine white sand. The coast is flat, running SSE–NNW. They name this land Van Diemen's Land after Governor Van Diemen | Tasman 일지 25 Nov 1642 (절 234) |
| AD 1642 | Van Diemen's Land 남서안 (남위 43°53′) | Sailing east along the coast, passes between two rocks (the western one resembles Pedra Blanca off the Chinese coast, the eastern one a square tower). In the evening there is a bay where they wish to anchor, but a strong gale makes them give up | Tasman 일지 29 Nov 1642 (절 246) |
| AD 1642 | Frederick Hendrik 만 (태즈메이니아 동안) | After a council decides to hurry the landing, they approach the coast with an east wind, and an hour after sunset anchor in a good harbor with white sand bottom at 22 fathoms | Tasman 일지 1 Dec 1642 (절 250) |
| AD 1642 | Frederick Hendrik 만 (태즈메이니아 동안) | The hydrographer Jacobsz leads a small ship and the Zeehaen's boat to reconnoiter a bay to the northwest. They bring back vegetables and seaweed, human voices and a gong-like sound, large trees notched with flint at 5-foot intervals, animal tracks and droppings like tiger claws, and gum resin | Tasman 일지 2 Dec 1642 (절 252) |
| AD 1642 | Frederick Hendrik 만 (태즈메이니아 동안) | Intending to claim the land for the Netherlands by setting up a post carved with the company's mark (the prince's flag), goes southeast by boat, but the waves are too strong to land | Tasman 일지 3 Dec 1642 (절 262) |
| AD 1642 | Frederick Hendrik 만 (태즈메이니아 동안) | At dawn, when the storm has died down, they weigh anchor and find two anchors broke and only the shanks came up. They sail out inside the northern islands to look for a better watering place | Tasman 일지 4 Dec 1642 (절 264) |
| AD 1642 | Van Diemen's Land 북동안 앞바다 | As resolved last November, the council again decides to sail due east to longitude 195° (the Solomon Islands), to avoid the zone of changing winds | Tasman 일지 5 Dec 1642 (절 266) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land (뉴질랜드 남섬 서안) | At noon, at 42°10′S, longitude 188°28′, sees large high land about 15 miles to the southeast. The council decides to land as soon as possible, but because of the big waves from the western sea, they will not land on this side unless there is a safe bay | Tasman 일지 13 Dec 1642 (절 282) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land 북쪽 모래곶 앞 정박 | Sends small boats ahead to look for an anchorage, and at sunset anchors in 15 fathoms. An hour later, lights and four boats appear on the land, and two of them approach | Tasman 일지 18 Dec 1642 (절 292) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land 북쪽 모래곶 앞 정박 | A native boat rams the Zeehaen's boat; the man in front repeatedly thrusts a spear into the neck of the armourer Cornelis Joppen, who falls into the water, and other natives attack the boat's crew with clubs and oars | Tasman 일지 19 Dec 1642 (절 294) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land (뉴질랜드) | Names this place Staten Land after the Dutch States-General, thinking it may be part of the great southern land (southern continent). Names the route they came by the Abel Tasman passage | Tasman 일지 19 Dec 1642 (절 295) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land 만 안쪽 (남위 40°51′) | Realizes they have entered about 30 miles into a bay enclosed by land on all sides, so the hope of passing through the strait turns to disappointment. A westerly wind and a strong current push them back into the bay | Tasman 일지 20 Dec 1642 (절 297) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land 만 정박지 (남위 40°50′) | A northwest storm makes sailing impossible; while the anchors struggle to hold, they repair the ship | Tasman 일지 22 Dec 1642 (절 301) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land 만 어귀 (남위 40°13′) | When an east-northeast wind blows, two hours before dawn they weigh anchor, turning north to try to round the northern tip of the land | Tasman 일지 26 Dec 1642 (절 308) |
| AD 1642 | Staten Land 북서해안 (남위 38°) | Seeing high mountains to the east, takes them for an island, but confirms they are part of the mainland; this mountain is at 38°S and the coastline runs north–south | Tasman 일지 28 Dec 1642 (절 312) |
| AD 1643 | Staten Land 북서해안 (남위 36°12′) | At noon, 36°12′S, longitude 191°7′. The coast is flat, with no reefs or shallows | Tasman 일지 1 Jan 1643 (절 320) |
| AD 1643 | Three Kings Islands (Staten Land 북서 곶 부근) | Passing a cape, sees an island to the northwest; by white flag calls the Zeehaen's officers, and resolves to stop at that island to get fresh water and vegetables | Tasman 일지 4 Jan 1643 (절 326) |
| AD 1643 | Three Kings Islands | Sends a small ship and the Zeehaen's boat to the island to reconnoiter: they report a safe but small bay with good water coming down a torrent, yet the surf on the shore is too heavy and loading water is dangerous | Tasman 일지 5 Jan 1643 (절 328) |
| AD 1643 | Three Kings Islands | On the way, the watering boats see a tall man carrying a long pole shouting from high ground; but the current and waves are too strong, so they give up landing and return to the ship | Tasman 일지 6 Jan 1643 (절 330) |
| AD 1643 | Pylstaart 섬 (Ata, 통가 남쪽) | Around 2 p.m., an island is seen about 8 miles to the east, shaped like the breasts of two women, 2–3 miles around, high and barren. 22°35′S, longitude 204°15′ | Tasman 일지 19 Jan 1643 (절 356) |
| AD 1643 | Hooge Pylstaerts 섬 부근 | Because many tropicbirds (pylstaert) were seen at the island seen the previous day, it is named Hooge Pylstaerts. Around 1 p.m., another land is seen about 8 miles to the east, and they approach it | Tasman 일지 20 Jan 1643 (절 358) |
| AD 1643 | Amsterdam (Tongatapu, 통가) | Anchors in 25 fathoms over coral bottom at 21°20′S, longitude 205°29′. Between two islands lying SE–NW there is a passage 1.5 miles wide; names the lower northern island Amsterdam | Tasman 일지 21 Jan 1643 (절 360) |
| AD 1643 | Amsterdam (Tongatapu, 통가) | From morning, native boats bring coconuts, yams, bananas, pigs and chickens and trade them for nails, beads and cloth. Women also come aboard | Tasman 일지 22 Jan 1643 (절 362) |
| AD 1643 | Amsterdam (Tongatapu, 통가) | When they land to widen a well, the chief has them work and lays a mat on a bench, serving milk, cream, fish and fruit. They are much surprised to hear they have been at sea for over 100 days | Tasman 일지 23 Jan 1643 (절 364) |
| AD 1643 | Amsterdam (Tongatapu, 통가) | In council, the instructions are read aloud and everyone is asked to speak if they know anything beneficial to the Company; resolves to sail the next day with a fair wind, and posts on deck the articles forbidding offences such as watch violations | Tasman 일지 30 Jan 1643 (절 379) |
| AD 1643 | Amsterdam (Tongatapu) 출항 | With enough water and food, and since with a north wind the watering shore becomes leeward and dangerous, at dawn they weigh anchor and leave northward with an east wind | Tasman 일지 1 Feb 1643 (절 391) |
| AD 1643 | 암초대 (남위 16°30′ 부근, 2/5 정오 위치 기준) | Seeing three small islands surrounded on all sides by shallows and reefs, they turn back, and barely slip through a gap two ships wide, with no surf | Tasman 일지 6 Feb 1643 (절 401) |
| AD 1643 | 남태평양 (남위 15°29′) | In a storm, the council receives memoranda and leans toward rising as far north as possible to 4–5°S (or 6–7°S), then west toward New Guinea, to avoid the danger of New Guinea's east coast becoming a lee shore | Tasman 일지 8 Feb 1643 (절 408) |
| AD 1643 | 남태평양 (남위 11°) | At dawn, seeing that the Zeehaen's mizzen mast is broken, they call across and ask; the reply is that they can repair it themselves once the weather improves | Tasman 일지 25 Feb 1643 (절 479) |
| AD 1643 | 남서태평양 (남위 8°46′) | For the first time in six weeks, a calm, bright day with sunshine | Tasman 일지 16 Mar 1643 (절 517) |
| AD 1643 | Ontong Java 환초 (남위 5°) | At noon land is seen just ahead, so they turn aside north: nearly 30 small islands surrounded by reefs, with a reef marked by three coconut trees. This island is named Onthong Java | Tasman 일지 22 Mar 1643 (절 529) |
| AD 1643 | Marken 섬 (Nukumanu 환초 추정) | Two low, flat islands are seen; the northern one resembles Marken Island on the Zuiderzee, so they use the name Marken given by Le Maire | Tasman 일지 24 Mar 1643 (절 534) |
| AD 1643 | Green Islands (Nissan 환초 추정) | During the day land was seen straight ahead, and even at noon it was about 4 miles away: 4°31′S, longitude 172°16′, 46 miles west of Le Maire's Marken. This is the place Le Maire called the Green Islands | Tasman 일지 28 Mar 1643 (절 543) |
| AD 1643 | Cabo Santa Maria (뉴기니 북안으로 본 곳; 현 뉴아일랜드 일대) | On 1 April, at 4°30′S, at the place Spain calls Cabo Santa María, they begin to follow the New Guinea coast | Tasman 일지 1 Apr 1643 (절 552) |
| AD 1643 | Anthony Caens 섬 부근 | Names the larger high island northwest of Saint John Island 'Anthony Caens Island', due north of Cabo Santa Maria. At noon, 4°9′S, longitude 170°41′ | Tasman 일지 2 Apr 1643 (절 554) |
| AD 1643 | 뉴기니 북동 만 (남위 3°대) | Around 3 p.m. a strong earthquake strikes, as if the keel were scraping coral, and everyone rushes up on deck; the sounding line finds no bottom, and small aftershocks keep recurring | Tasman 일지 12 Apr 1643 (절 574) |
| AD 1643 | 뉴기니 북동 만 (남위 5°27′) | Realizing it is a bay closed off from ENE to SSW, sailing west, between 3 and 4 p.m. they nearly strike reefs two miles off the coast | Tasman 일지 14 Apr 1643 (절 578) |
| AD 1643 | 뉴기니 북안 (화산 부근) | Tasman sees a high, burning mountain (a volcano) pouring out strong flames; the flames were very fierce all night, and a large river lies 2 miles to the SSW | Tasman 일지 22 Apr 1643 (절 594) |
| AD 1643 | Moa 섬 서쪽 정박지 (Hamna 섬 부근) | Seeing fire on the land, they approach and go near three low islands about 5 miles east of Moa, and anchor in 12 fathoms over grey sand off Moa's west coast. Small boats gather | Tasman 일지 25 Apr 1643 (절 600) |
| AD 1643 | Moa·Hamna 섬 사이 정박지 | A sailor scrubbing the deck is hit in the thigh by an arrow and at once returns fire with a musket, striking one native in the arm. Afterwards they enter between the two islands where Le Maire had anchored and anchor there | Tasman 일지 3 May 1643 (절 616) |
| AD 1643 | Moa·Hamna 섬 출항 | At dawn, when the land breeze blows, they weigh anchor and set sail. From the two islands Moa and Hanna they exchange 6,000 coconuts and about 100 bunches of bananas for beads, nails and iron-ring knives | Tasman 일지 6 May 1643 (절 622) |
| AD 1643 | Willem Schouten 섬 (Biak 일대) | About 6 miles north of Willem Schouten Island. Before sunset six boats (20–25 men each) come to look at them but do not come near | Tasman 일지 12 May 1643 (절 634) |
| AD 1643 | Nassau 해협 (Ceram 북안 ~ Boeroe) | With Boona Island to the WSW, sailing along the coast toward the Nassouw Strait of Boure. At noon, 2°52′S, longitude 145°15′ | Tasman 일지 29 May 1643 (절 668) |
| AD 1643 | Boeton 해협 입구 | Anchors in 26 fathoms in the strait, where there were two junks; their commercial officer shows a passport issued by Gerrit Demmer, governor of Amboina | Tasman 일지 2 Jun 1643 (절 676) |
| AD 1643 | Schadelycken Hoek (자바 북안) | Rounding Cape Sadelijk, a shoal west of Batavia, in 7–8 fathoms, they see an English ship with a flag on its mast; when they approach, it weighs anchor and heads east | Tasman 일지 14 Jun 1643 (절 700) |
| AD 1643 | Batavia | Early in the morning, arrives at Batavia by a small ship: the end of the log. Total voyage about 10 months | Tasman 일지 15 Jun 1643 (절 702) |