The Tasman Map

Learn of the history of the 1645 Tasman Map, the first map of Australia, and how it came to the State Library NSW. Over a period of forty years from 1606 to 1644 and based on sixteen separate discoveries, the first map of Australia took shape. The Tasman Map was not to change for another 125 years until the British explorer James Cook chartered the east coast in 1770. It was in 1933 that the State Library NSW was able to acquire this icon of both Dutch and Australian history.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• The Tasman Map – The Biography of a Map
• Abel Tasman, the Dutch East India Company and the first Dutch discoveries of Australia, Alfred Street Press, 2024, 9780645106848

COURSE OUTLINE

• The history of the Dutch Republic
• The commercial significance of the Dutch East India Company
• Detail of each of significant Dutch voyages to Australia
• How the State Library acquired this icon of Australian history

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the history of the Dutch Republic
2. Understand the commercial significance of the Dutch East India Company
3. Understand each of the significant Dutch voyages to Australia
4. Understand how the State Library acquired this icon of Australian history