Hello! Call me Claesgen -- From cows and canals to captain -- Smugglers, blockades and a portrait -- Gold and silver islands -- To the unknown South Land -- The long watch -- Van Diemen's land -- The Tasman Sea and second landfall -- Murderers Bay -- The long sail for food and water -- Finally a welcome -- Adrift -- Water at last -- Dark, rough, and dirty weather -- no sun, no moon, no stars -- Calms, currents, earthquakes and encounters -- Coconuts, coconuts and more coconuts -- So many large and small islands there is no counting them -- We kept doing our best -- My father's special island -- Some very special memories -- Tasman's later years
Summary
Uses a story format to describe the experiences of explorer Abel Tasman and his crew during their voyages around Tasmania, New Zealand and the Pacific. Told from the perspective of Tasman's daughter, Claesgen, who lived in Batavia with her stepmother and was eager to hear her father's stories when he returned from his travels. Suggested level: primary, intermediate