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Which Dutch navigator reached Tasmania in 1642 and named it Van Diemen's Land?
A
Abel Tasman
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B
Willem Janszoon
C
Dirk Hartog
D
Jan Carstensz
Tasman also sighted New Zealand on the same voyage.
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