ABEL TASMAN - DIARY 1642
Long since we left the quay,
My glass has scanned the astral dome.
Bright though these stars may be,
They are not the stars of home.
5 January 2020
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NOTE The Dutchman Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, and Fiji.
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