1642年8月,他受命去寻找好望角以东、[Isla de los Estados|Staten Land]]以西、所罗门群岛以南的“未知的南方大陆”。[6]。9月份,船队到达了毛里求斯,在这里补充了食物和淡水,修理了船的破损[7],10月初继续向东方前进。11月7日,雪和冰雹使船队调整方向为东北,计划向所罗门群岛驶去[8]。
在1644年1月30日,阿贝尔·塔斯曼率领三条船开始了第二次航行,但可能是因为众多的珊瑚和小岛挡住了可行的航路,船队错过了托雷斯海峡。他沿着Gulf of Carpentaria向西,测绘了澳大利亚北部的海岸线,观察了今日新荷兰地区居民的生活,但没有意识到澳大利亚大陆就在南方,错过了发现新大陆的机会。[12]8月份船队回到了巴达维亚。
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^J.E. Heeres, "Abel Janszoon Tasman, His Life and Labours", Abel Tasman's Journal, Los Angeles, 1965, pp. 137, 141–42; cited in Andrew Sharp, The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968, p. 24.
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^A translation of part of Visscher's memoir may be read on pp. 24–27 of Andrew Sharp, The voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman, Oxford: Clarendon, 1968, p. 82, n. 1.
^Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Aanwinsten Eerste Afdeling, nummer toegang 1.11.01.01, inventarisnummer 121
^Cameron-Ash, M. Lying for the Admiralty. Rosenberg. 2018: 21–22. ISBN 9780648043966.