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<p>The History of Tasmania: Two Volumes Annotated by John West.<br><br>The first reported sighting of Tasmania by a European was on 24 November 1642 by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt, after his sponsor, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies. The name was later shortened to Van Diemen&apos;s Land by the British. In 1772, a French expedition led by Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne landed on the island. C...Seguir leyendo