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Tasman’s last voyage of discovery was a failure. Asked to find out whether New Guinea and Tasmania were parts of Australia, he explored the south coast of New Guinea and the north and northwest coasts of Australia, completely missing Torres Strait between them.

Tasman’s last voyage of discovery was a failure. Asked to find out whether New Guinea and Tasmania were parts of Australia, he explored the south coast of New Guinea and the north and northwest coasts of Australia, completely missing Torres Strait between them.

In 1647 he was in [[Siam]] ([[Thailand]] at the head of a trading fleet, and later commanded a war fleet against the [[Spanish]] in the [[Philippines]] before retiring to a life of luxury in Batavia.

In 1647 he was in [[Siam]] ([[Thailand]]) at the head of a trading fleet, and later commanded a war fleet against the [[Spanish]] in the [[Philippines]] before retiring to a life of luxury in Batavia.

For all that he “missed”, Tasman is still considered the greatest of the Dutch explorers.  

For all that he “missed”, Tasman is still considered the greatest of the Dutch explorers.