NEW ZEALAND – Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 – 1659)

“Dit land lijkt alsof je een heel mooi land” “This land looks like being a very beautiful land.” – Abel Tasman – 1642 Abel Janszoon Tasman was born in Lutjegast, Netherlands in 1603. He was 33 years old when he travelled to Batavia, Indonesia in the employment of the Dutch East India Company. In 1639, …

Martin Cash (1808 – 1877)

For those who knew Martin Cash (pictured) well, I’m sure no one was more surprised than Martin himself when he looked down to see his newly acquired police badge. Whether pride was felt that day, only Martin could answer that. How he continued to carry on his life shows us that if pride was felt …