Exploration
- November 24 - Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer, is the first European known to sight Tasmania, which he names Anthoonij van Diemenslandt.
- December 13 - Tasman is the first European known to sight New Zealand.
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“Typography tended to alter language from a means of perception and exploration to a portable commodity.”
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