Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages, Read Before the Royal Society (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Abel Janszoon Tasman: His Life and Voyages, Read Before the Royal Society

But after all available information has been made use of, the result is disappointing. The man himself remains for the most part an indistinct figure. Personal details are few. The facts are mostly dry and meagre, gathered from formal official despatches and dusty registers. The material is wanting for a biography which would give a clear and sharply defined picture of the man as he lived.

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