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He returned to Batavia in the [[East Indies]] (Djakarta in [[Indonesia]]) in a great arc out over the western Pacific, discovering parts of the [[Tonga]]n and [[Fiji]]an archipelagos, passing [[New Hebrides]] and the Solomon Islands and the top of [[New Guinea]]. He had been away 10 months.

He returned to Batavia in the [[East Indies]] (Djakarta in [[Indonesia]]) in a great arc out over the western Pacific, discovering parts of the [[Tonga]]n and [[Fiji]]an archipelagos, passing [[New Hebrides]] and the Solomon Islands and the top of [[New Guinea]]. He had been away 10 months.

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.