1603 - 1659
Abel Janszoon Tasman (Dutch: [ˈɑbəl ˈjɑnsoːn ˈtɑsmɑn]; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Born in 1603 in Lutjegast, Netherlands, Tasman started his career as a merchant seaman and became a skilled navigator. In 1633, he joined the VOC and sailed to Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abel Tasman has received more than 1,608,173 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Abel Tasman is the 14th most popular explorer (up from 23rd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Explorer.
Abel Tasman was a Dutch explorer who was the first European to explore New Zealand. He was born in 1603 and died in 1659.
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Among explorers, Abel Tasman ranks 14 out of 405. Before him are Ibn Battuta, James Cook, Hernán Cortés, Zheng He, Francis Drake, and Francisco Pizarro. After him are David Livingstone, Prince Henry the Navigator, Fridtjof Nansen, Erik the Red, Xuanzang, and Jacques Cousteau.
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 8
1728 - 1779
HPI: 82.31
Rank: 9
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 10
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 11
1540 - 1596
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 12
1478 - 1541
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 13
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 14
1813 - 1873
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 15
1394 - 1460
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 16
1861 - 1930
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 17
950 - 1003
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 18
602 - 664
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 19
1910 - 1997
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1603, Abel Tasman ranks 1. After him are Joseph of Cupertino, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Lennart Torstensson, Adam Olearius, Aert van der Neer, Michel Le Tellier, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, Marco Uccellini, Fasilides, and Johannes Cocceius. Among people deceased in 1659, Abel Tasman ranks 1. After him are Hyojong of Joseon, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Michał Boym, Simon Dach, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Willem Drost, Dara Shukoh, and Giovanni Pesaro.
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 1
1603 - 1663
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 2
1603 - 1664
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3
1603 - 1651
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 4
1603 - 1671
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 5
1603 - 1677
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 6
1603 - 1685
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 7
1603 - 1671
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 8
1603 - 1646
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 9
1603 - 1680
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 10
1603 - 1667
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 11
1603 - 1669
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 12
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 1
1619 - 1659
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 2
1633 - 1659
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 3
1597 - 1659
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 4
1586 - 1659
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 5
1614 - 1659
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 6
1605 - 1659
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 7
1601 - 1659
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 8
1594 - 1659
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 9
1633 - 1659
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 10
1615 - 1659
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 11
1589 - 1659
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, Abel Tasman ranks 14 out of 1,427. Before him are Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Johan Cruyff (1947), Christiaan Huygens (1629), Hugo Grotius (1583), and Mata Hari (1876). After him are Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), M. C. Escher (1898), William III of England (1650), and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852).
1450 - 1516
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 8
1632 - 1723
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 9
1947 - 2016
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 10
1629 - 1695
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 11
1583 - 1645
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 12
1876 - 1917
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 13
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 14
1938 - Present
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 15
1700 - 1782
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 16
1853 - 1928
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 17
1898 - 1972
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 18
1650 - 1702
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 19
1852 - 1911
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 20
Among explorers born in Netherlands, Abel Tasman ranks 1. After him are Willem Barentsz (1550), Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Janszoon (1570), Willem Schouten (1567), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Olivier van Noort (1558), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), and Alexandrine Tinné (1835).
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 1
1550 - 1597
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 2
1619 - 1677
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 3
1659 - 1729
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 4
1570 - 1631
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 5
1567 - 1625
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 6
1571 - 1627
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 7
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 8
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 9
1558 - 1627
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 10
1567 - 1607
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 11
1835 - 1869
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 12