Cape Farewell is a headland in New Zealand, the most northerly point on the South Island, it was first mapped by Abel Tasman, he was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and which year, in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)?
Abel Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman (] ; 1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first known European explorer to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand, and to sight the Fiji islands.
Abel Tasman National Park Abel Tasman National Park is a New Zealand national park located between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay at the north end of the South Island. It is named after Abel Tasman, who in 1642 became the first European explorer to sight New Zealand and who anchored nearby in Golden Bay.