Abel Tasman vs Otto von Guericke
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Compare the life timelines of Abel Tasman (1603–1659) and Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1603 to 1659.
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Abel Tasman (1603–1659)
- — Born in Lutjegast, Netherlands Verified
- — Married Jannetje Tjaers in Amsterdam Verified
- — Entered the service of the Dutch East India Company Verified
- — Departed Batavia on his great voyage of discovery Verified
- — Sighted Tasmania, naming it Van Diemen's Land Verified
- — Became the first European to sight New Zealand Verified
- — Sighted Tonga and the Fiji islands Verified
- — Charted the northern coast of Australia on his second voyage Verified
- — Died in Batavia Verified
Otto von Guericke (1602–1686)
- — Born in Magdeburg Verified
- — Studied law, mathematics, and engineering at Leipzig, Jena, and Leiden Verified
- — Survived the Sack of Magdeburg Verified
- — Elected mayor of Magdeburg Verified
- — Invented the vacuum pump Verified
- — Performed the Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration Verified
- — Built an early electrostatic generator Verified
- — Published Experimenta Nova Magdeburgica Verified
- — Retired to Hamburg Verified
- — Died in Hamburg Verified